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Christianity Through out history, there have been numerous executions of religious groups. One being the Christians. In the Roman Empire, they refused to acknowledge this new rising and developing religion, Christianity. The followers of this new group did not succumb, but were determined to spread the message of this new profound religion. Using nonviolent ways to receive peace, The Christians were able to uphold through the teachings of Jesus, the evangelism of apostles, such as Paul, and

A modern secular historian may use this document as a means of evidence illustrating how the adoption of Christianity by political leaders and kings following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire had a great influence on the religious beliefs and practices that spread and were accepted within their states. Based on the information provided regarding Clovis’s conversion, a secular, or non-religious, historian, may determine that Clovis’s difficulties during his war with the Alemanni, or Germanic

Constantine Legalizes Christianity in the Roman Empire Although scholars debate whether he was actually a convert to Christianity, Constantine’s legalization of the religion helped to spread Christianity and secured Constantine’s political authority over a large geographic region. During the 30 years of Constantine’s reign, many changes were made to the status, structure, and beliefs of the Christian Church. These changes helped to secure Constantine’s power and ensured both the survival of the

Charibert, king of the Franks, thus building an alliance with the most powerful state in contemporary Western Europe; the marriage probably took place before Æthelberht came to the throne. The influence of Bertha may have led to the decision by Pope Gregory I to send Augustine as a missionary from Rome. Augustine landed on the Isle of Thanet in east Kent in 597. Shortly thereafter, Æthelberht converted to Christianity, churches were established, and wider-scale conversion to Christianity began in the kingdom

Flavius Valerius Constantinus or Constantine Was born in Naissus, in Upper Moesia (roman-emperor). Somewhere between 273 and 285 AD. His father was Constantius Chlorus a roman officer and his mother was Helena which some sources claim was an innkeeper's daughter. He spent his early life among the court of Diocletian a roman emperor in the eastern part of the empire. There he learned latin and greek and was also exposed to pagan as well as christian religion. There is also some speculation that his

Constantine “the Great” is credited with being the first Roman Emperor to convert both his views and the Roman Empire to Christianity within the years 306-337 A.D. His conversion took place in 312 A.D. and caused a lasting controversy to arise throughout the religious community. Although he ended the persecution of Christians by the pagan empire and was deeply interested in the studies of theology, the controversy was still alive. What remained was the mind boggling ideas of what kind of impact he

Constantine is one of the most influential and important leaders known in history. Credited for ushering the spread of Christianity, it is often wondered if Constantine truly had a passion for the religion or if he embellished his positive feelings for the Christian faith to gain power and political advancement. Arguments for both sides are often debated by modern historians. Some believe that Constantine craved power and used religion to gain a following and build an empire. Others believe that

From the time of Constantine on, Roman emperors found that the Germanic tribesmen north of the long Rhine-Danube frontier made the best soldiers with many of them reaching high office and marrying into Roman families. Christian missionaries made endeavors to the Germanic tribes and had made progress even before the invasions. Therefore, during the fifth century when the tribes invaded the Roman empire in the West they came as Arian Christians. This led to conflicts between the orthodox Christians

Caesarea as an interpreter of Constantine? Eusebius of Caesarea was a historian of Church History who interpreted Constantine in a very good light. While some had differing views of Constantine, for Eusebius, Constantine was responsible for Christians no longer being persecuted, but being able to practice their faith openly in the Empire. Eusebius recognized Constantine as a divine gift from God, almost similar to a Moses leading his people out of slavery in Egypt, Constantine led Christians out of persecution

Upon the retirements of Diocletian and Maximian, Flavius Valerius Constantinus became Constantine, Emperor of Rome. Constantine was a native of what is now Serbia. The son of a Roman officer, Constantius (who also became a Roman Emperor), Constantine’s life grew to the dimensions of both greatness and sainthood. Originally, Constantine’s devotion was to the Roman God of War, Mars – but turned in reverence to Apollo, as Sol Invictus (Hebermann). The Great Persecution of the Christians, which began