The+ Rise+of+Christianity.+tnb

=A World Religion.= Christianity became a very powerful religion. By the third century, there was millions of Christians in the Roman Empire. Christianity grew. Christianity grew because it embraced all people, gave hope to the powerless, appealed to those who were repelled by the extravagances of imperial Rome, offered a personal relationship with a loving god, and promised eternal life after death. A critical moment in Christianity occurred in 312 A.D., when the Roman emperor constantine was fighting three rivals for leadership. Constantine and his troops had won the battle that they were in. He owed his success to the Christian God. In the next year. Constantine announced the end the of the suffering of the Christians. he said that Christianity was one of the religions to be agreed by the emperor. Christianity continued to grow. Emperor Theodosuis made it the certified religion for the emperors. By that time, the Christians had made a structure for their religion. A bishop, who was also known as a priest,supervised many churches close to him. Peter the __Apostle__ had traveled from Jerusalem to Rome. Then he later became the first bishop of Rome.They also said that Peter was the first __Pope__. Then every major city had a bishop. The Romans pushed a lot of the jewish people got pushed out of their home and right into exile. __Diaspora__ is another way of saying scattering of the jewish people. __Jesus__ was born in a city called Bethlehem. __Paul__ who was an enemy of Christianity at first and who had never met Jesus.