Christianity

  • It was based on writing things down from the beginning

    • Also really focused on everybody doing the same thing

  • Christianity was not the only or the first monotheistic religion

  • Zoroaster/Zoroastrianim

    • was made to take power away from priest

    • Made in Persia

    • Centered on one god(Ahura-Mazda)

    • They followed the 3fold path of Asha

    • the spirit of evil which is the Ahriman

  • Christianity origins were in Judaism

    • Hebrews are semitic

    • They were conquered repeatedly but held on to their religion

    • People chosen by god

    • Their god has power over all of humanity

  • They think their god is the god of everybody

    • Focused message on poor believers

    • Founder, Jesus of Nazareth,I preached a moral code based on love charity and humility

    • Christianity was almost a social movement

  • Christianity was a dyna,ic religion

    • it has a mission and it was anchored on the fact that it was everyones god

    • Had a powerful story- talking about jesus( creator was not a myth but a real historical figure)

    • Popular appeal cs it appeals to the poor

  • Christianity moves through writing really quickly through paul

    • Put their beliefs in simple terms so people understand?

    • Saint Paul and his letters were really significant in terms of establishing doctrine/ tells you what you need to do to be a Christian

  • The hospels are complied like 100 years after the death of Christ

    • It happened when the original viewers pf jesus started dying

    • Took even longer for the actually bible

  • Spread of Christianity was helped by the fact that their opponents made bad decisions

    • Early Christians were persecuted cs they thought their God was the only god

    • Christians called the other people pagans

    • Christians made a good scapegoat

    • Passage of Tiberius?

  • Diocletian heavily campaigned against Christians

    • After his retirement, Galerius gave Christians freedom of worship

  • The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church

    • Means people are willing to die over their religion

  • Constantine was trying to become emperor

    • Led a push for freedom of religion

  • Emperor Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire

    • Then the pagans were executed

  • The Christian church took its shape from the Roman Empire

    • Christianity grew stronger as Rome declined

    • Established the Petrine doctrine?

  • Christian unity began to fracture

    • Augustine of Hippo ( says the city of man can change, but the city of god can’t change)

  • Christianity compared to other religions

    • it was monotheistic

    • emphasis on text from the start

    • emphasis on importance of consistency

    • and developement within a very specific geographic core

  • Early christians on the silk road were not roman they were nestorian

    • They believe that jesus as god and human are two seperate things

    • Nestorians were not allowed in the church