in the early days of christianity paul of taurus certainly spread word of the gospel with enough convincingness to pull a small segment of people in israel to believe in the story of jesus.
Even in a day when people were especially succeptible to religion, it is no small feat to bring in even a neglible amount of adherents to a faith. Still the spread of christianity was very gradual; not anything remarkable.
then the roman emporer constantine, being converted, stopped the persecution of christians and made it a legal religion. not long after that, emperor theodosius not only retained it legal status, but made all other religions illegal. All pagan temples dismantled or put to other use. It was the only religion you could publicly have. Eventually pagans themselves were persecuted for their faith.
Now, the roman empire, at its peak, was spread across the altlantic including most of Europe, the northern part of Africa,and over half of the middle east. CONTINUES BELOW..
2006-11-22
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