FeedHow did Christianity pursue the spread of the religion?
January 16, 2013 in Church Names Tags: Christianity, pursue, Religion, spread
Question by bamf: How did Christianity pursue the spread of the religion?
breifly i want some examples on what the Christian community did back during the Roman Empire to boost its amount of followers. What did they do? and if known, what was the first Christian church name and where
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Answer by Reptoid
threats to native people of distant land basiclly
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January 16th, 2013 at 10:26 pm
Violence.
January 16th, 2013 at 11:18 pm
The first Christian church was in Jerusalem. Before Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire it was spread by preaching the gospel and by the blood of the martyrs. When pagan Romans saw Christians willing to die courageously for their faith it made an impact on them.
January 16th, 2013 at 11:51 pm
They had a bunch of “Prophets” peddling they new religion, just like all other starting cults. But instead of peaceful coercion, the Christians used war, genocide and corrupt leaders to spread its influence.
January 17th, 2013 at 12:48 am
with force. the crusades etc etc. fear propaganda as well. like most other religions
January 17th, 2013 at 1:30 am
Paul did most of it.
1 Corinthians 9:19-22
Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
Paul was getting no where fast getting converts in Tarsus.
The people there were mostly followers of Mithra. They believed that blood sacrifices washed away sins.
Paul blended this idea into his ever-changing version of Christianity. Only he supercharged it with the blood of Jesus (Son of God) washes away the sins of the world. Prior to this it had no part in Christian teachings. Jesus never said anything about it. It worked like a charm. Paul had a deluge of converts because He gave them something that they could relate to.
Constantine and his gang did not overlook this success Paul had with this blood sacrifices idea. They were trying to maneuver them selves into the control seat of the Christian faith. They adopted Paul’s version of Christianity and the idea of God/Jesus dying for your sins. It was very effective because of the guilt it induced. They also took another hint from Paul’s book of tricks and came up with a very similar version of Paul’s conversion for Constantine. He too had a vision where the Christian Figure head came to him and converted him.
The rest is history. After the council of nicea all competing scripture was ordered destroyed and all true versions of the teachings of Jesus were labeled heresy.
All we were left with was what became known as the bible.
Love and blessings Don
January 17th, 2013 at 2:25 am
There were already many followers of Jesus Christ when He established His Catholic Church in 33AD. After His crucifixation and His ascension into heaven those followers followed the Apostles. First they met in secret in different homes. The Apostles went to different parts of the world and preached the word of God. Peter the first Pope went to Rome and preached from there. Paul preached in various places as did the rest of the Apostles.
Catholic Christian †
January 17th, 2013 at 2:44 am
Christianity started in the Roman Empire
Romans made Christianity illegal at first because the Christians didn’t worship the emperor. The Christians refused military service and did not take part in the politics or law of the Romans because these things included pagan traditions and beliefs. Obviously, the Romans questioned the Christians loyalty to Rome. But, persecutions were sporadic, usually didn’t last long, and were not uniformly carried out throughout the empire.
Word spread through disciples such as Paul. Paul set up the doctrines that are the basis for Christianity
Christianity spread because of its appeal to those who led hard lives. Christianity gave a sense of community and fellowship to the people. The people saw others who were willing to die for a religion
The first Christian church was started by Peter on the otherhand. We don’t really know what the “first church” was, (i.e. Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox). But it was probably in either Rome, Ephesus, Galatia, Corinth, or Phillipi