To be a Christian during the time of the fall of the Roman Empire would not be a pleasant time to live. Christians believed in a higher power and devoted their lives, souls, and minds to God. And by doing this, they inevitably sealed their fate to be persecuted. Christianity began to rise slowly, but began to rise rapidly after the death of Jesus. The Romans had many problems with the Christians and they showed their anger by pursuing the Christian’s faith, which proved to back fire because the Christian belief just grew stronger.
The problem with Christianity began with the conservative Romans and how they felt violated by Christian beliefs. Their main problem with the Christians was worshipping someone who had died but the kicker was rejecting the traditional Roman gods. Another problem with Christians was their concept of involving all classes of the social order, including slaves, women, and the poor, which shocked the Romans. Christianity appealed to the lower classes of......
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