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This essay draws upon three writings from the second century to discuss the way in which Roman authorities perceived Christianity ...

mankind has attempted to provide explanation of the events they see unfolding around them in the natural world and in interrelatio...

for his death (Wells, 1931, 469). In effect, Caesar was consumed with one goal: to satisfy the desires and urges of Caesar. Well...

crucial doctrines as creation, incarnation and resurrection (61). Born around 130 A.D., Irenaeus of Lyons was primarily a pastor...

scholarly and historical thought on this subject offers guidance on these issues. Christianity "was born of Judaism: it was the ...

Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...

20:9-16. Slave gangs were often used by large landowners. The author points out that this custom would have existed during Jesus l...

in the late Third and early Fourth centuries. Diocletian had ruled with an iron hand. He established a four-fold division of power...

arose that the city was burned intentionally on the command of the emperor. One contemporary account asserts that "Certain people ...

Livy's early Roman historical text considers the Roman Empire's sociopolitical structure and the necessary cohesion provided by or...

that if mental illness was caused by a weakened or weakening of the mind, then the stable environment and care that was provided i...

This paper defines Christianity in an historical overview of six pages that notes differences between Roman Catholicism and Protes...

existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...

In seven pages this paper discusses such global events as sect to established religion transition, Medieval Christianity and Europ...

This 5 page paper discusses the philosophical thinking known as Stoicism, and why it appealed to the ancient Romans and Greeks. Th...

In seven pages this paper examines how leadership was defined by the Roman Empire in a consideration of society, values, and the i...

_The Roman emperor Constantine was responsible for more than making Christianity the law of the land. This paper examines his cont...

time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...

at that time. It was always in turmoil with one battle or one war or another being waged. The Greco-Roman world consists of the al...

and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...

By the 5th century, Christianity in the West was guarded by the bishop of Rome, the pope, who was the "final custodian of the doct...

weighing over 2.5 tons, this structure covers over 13 acres and so carefully surveyed so accurately that it aligns perfectly with...

will proclaim their "Christian" beliefs but such beliefs often do not square with the traditional Christian ideologies of either t...

there is also the possibility that his refusal to do away with pagan practices entirely is because of his own adherence to them. ...

to enlightenment. The aim of the focus is to achieve an ultimate and final freedom from existence (Religious Tolerance [1], 2007)....

king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...

society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...

of the supposed "truth" of some Christian believers to cut through the sin of the real world for the sake of the individual soul o...

among those of the ancient kings, and a raised couch placed in the orchestra at the Theatre....What made the Romans hate him so bi...

about, but as the tension rises, a perspective that is discussed in the section on tone within the story, the reader senses that t...