University:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course:
21L.001 | Foundations of Western Culture: Homer to Dante
Academic year:

2022
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95

Pages:

1
Author:

Alma Stephenson

Christianity is a religion where there is only one God and is based upon the parables that Jesus taught. According to Rawls (2018), “Christianity was the strongest impact upon Rome, a new faith that derived partly from Judaism” (p.241). “In the early reign of Nero, Christianity was illegal” where “he imposed horrible penalties such as burning alive” (Rawls, 2018, p.248). After the long struggle of Christianity and their faith “Galerius recognized the failure of the policy and issued an Edict of Toleration, permitting Christians to practice their faith and rebuild their churches” (Rawls, 2018, p.252). There are four reasons for the final victory of the Christian faith among others. According to Rawls (2018), they consist of “its demand for absolute allegiance, its openness to all ethnic origin, its hope of a better life in the world of the heavenly city and it satisfied the universal need to belong” (p. 253). According to Rawls (2018), “Many were attracted to Christianity for its apparent stability, order and morality, whereas others blamed it for sapping the empire of its strength by diverting the interest and loyalty of its citizens away from there civic responsibilities” (p.252). I believe the biggest impact over Roman culture in the final victory of Christianity, was a hope of better life in the world of the heavenly city. All they wanted was to go about, preach the good news of Jesus Christ so all might be saved to gain eternal life with the Father. John 11:25 I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die. See even though “the Romans leaders including the bishops were dragged through the mud for their beliefs, they had been “hunted out and executed, the sacred scriptures were burned, and the church holdings were seized” (Rawls, 2018, p.252). They too shall live. After getting the message through to some, they were in need of peace and in hopes to find it in the heavenly city. Just as us Christians today we still have a hope to live with our Heavenly Father someday.

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