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Pre- Christian traditions of Roman Empire - (ANSWER)- Polytheistic
- Imperial cults: agreed upon animal sacrifices and said they were expected to go
- Believed in Vestal Virgins: group of virgin woman representing their sanctity (Vesta= Roman
God of heart)
- They wanted to keep the Gods on their sides to be successful
- Did not have their own explanation of the after life. They said your interpersonal immortality
will equal your resurrection into afterlife.
- Entire Roman Empire Religious system was very complicted
- Involved hush hush cults that you had to pay fees to get into
* At first the Romans said that Christianity was just another cult from the East
Message difference between Jesus & Paul - (ANSWER)Jesus - Taught His people how to live
Faith -> Grace -> Redemption of sin
Paul - Taught the meaning of why Jesus lived and the story of him being resurrected. Leads to
peoples belief of salvation
, Events during the rule of Diocletian - (ANSWER)(284-305)
- Established tetrarchy (4 Roman empires: 2 in East, 2 in West)
- Sponsored one of the last waves of excitations of Christians
Events during the rule of Constantine - (ANSWER)(306-337)
- He was the sole emperor from 313 and after
- Named a Capitol after himself: Constinople Byzantian in 330
- Converted to Christianity and issued edict to Milan in 313
Gnosticism (Type of early Christianity) - (ANSWER)- (Gnosis = Secret Knowledge)
- Type of Christianity Romans believed in
- They claimed that you needed a teacher to give you the "secret knowledge"
- They questioned if Jesus took physical place
Arianism ( type of early Christianity) - (ANSWER)- (Arius = Egyptian theology)
- Said that the Holy Trinity did not make any sense
-> God, Father & Holy Spirit (3 in 1)