How was the fall of the Roman Empire tied with Christianity?

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How was the fall of the Roman Empire tied with Christianity?

Answer 1

guy you get carry of that each and every person the different way up, Rome in no way excepted Christianity, "Christians" excepted pagan Greek-Roman faith then Constantine excepted this way of religion because it is state faith, and on the tip of a sword. Christians do no longer behead people for no longer excepting Christ? The Roman empire collapsed below it is own corruption, whilst kinfolk existence grew to alter into fragmented , whilst people now no longer had any theory of maximum suitable from incorrect, it collapsed, yeaaaa in basic terms like immediately. The Roman Empire nonetheless went directly to interrupt down , excepting an apostate form of Christianity did no longer save the empire. the international is a much extra advantageous place with out people who kill interior the call of the Lord. Thank goodness Christendom has now substitute into an irrelevance ? *** sh chap. 11 pp. 273-274 par. 23 Apostasy—the thank you to God Blocked *** As British broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge wrote in his e book the tip of Christendom: “Christendom began with the Emperor Constantine.” even nevertheless, he additionally made the perceptive remark: “you may even say that Christ himself abolished Christendom previously all of it began by using pointing out that his kingdom substitute into no longer of this international—between the main a techniques achieving and significant of all his statements.” And one maximum broadly disregarded by using Christendom’s non secular and political rulers.—John 18:36.

Answer 2

Hmmmm....I think you're way off.



The date that the Roman Empire fell is usually cited as 476 C.E. - roughly 400 years after Paul lived. More inclusive historians claim that the decline of the Roman Empire began about 150-160 C.E. and took roughly 300 years. Even 150 C.E. was well after Paul's death.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_roman_empire





In ancient times, it was common for rulers to help prevent uprisings by enforcing particular religions on their populace. This is the "state religion". In large empires like the Roman, there could be many state-approved religions. The danger in an unapproved religion is that the leaders might not teach conformity to their followers, and so those followers might become a source of civil unrest - a very, very *persistent* source of civil unrest.



Christians were believed to be an "upstart" sect of Judaism - one that refused to conform to the dictates handed down by the leaders of Judaism and, therefore, potentially dangerous to the stability of the empire. More: it seems either that Christians really *did* start the conflagration that burned Rome, *or* that Nero started that conflagration for his own purposes and needed a scapegoat - and the new, quickly-spreading sect called Christians were handy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_early_Christians_by_the_Romans



It should be noted that Constantine ruthlessly suppressed the sects of Christianity in the Empire that did not accept the authority of the council of Nicea. In other words, military suppression of "radical" religious sects - simply because they are radical and *potentially* dangerous, not because they are actually plotting civil unrest - is a common theme in history.



Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com/

Answer 3

The Romans persecuted Christians because they, the Christians, claimed that their God was superior to the emporer himself. This quite naturally sounded subversive to the Romans. Jesus had tried to get around this problem by declaring that Christians should "render unto Caesar what was Caesar's," but that wasn't sufficient assurance for Roman emporers up until the time of Constantine the Great (262 C.E.) who saw the political advantages of unifying the empire under a single religion--Christianity. Thus, it would seem that far from hastening the downfall of the Roman Empire, Christianity actually sustained it. Evidence for this point of view is the survival of the empire in the East under the Byzantines, who were all Christian. That part of the empire lasted until its overthrow by the Turks in 1453.



Jews were allowed to practice their own religion because they posed no apparent threat to the Roman Empire. However, as you are aware, the Jews began a revolt in 66 C.E., and the Romans responded by destroying Solomon's Temple and casting the Jews out of their ancestral home.



It sounds to me like your history teacher may have been trained as a gym coach.