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Question

in the book of acts,
while when Roman Empire were dominating the world, how did the Roman rule encouraged the gospel's rapid spread?
they are two main ways but its really hard to find. i am stuck on this question for like..20minutes..anyone please help?? thank you~

Answer 1

Why, after 2000 years do you still need to study the bible?When do you think that you will understand it enough that you can quit studying?

Answer 2

This is a great question and I would love to give a crack.

1. The Roman society was one of the strongest in history, ancient and recent. The reason is the infrastructure. The network of roads and how everything was interconnected allowed for easier spread of news.

2. Romans were very cruel. They persecuted people to no end and people who were not Roman dreamed of the day they could die. With Christianity, the hope of dying caused for more celebration. When a person died, not only would the pain and torment end, but the rewards of living a simple life would be given.

3. Paul. Need I say more. The greatest evangelist. Why? He did his best work while in prison the second time. A cancer kills from the inside. Paul was chained between two guards all the time. He praised and worshipped God continually. This made the guards wonder what this Paul guy was all about. So they would ask and Paul would evangelize them. It did not take long before the majority of people were Christian.

I am not a theologian, but I look like one at times.

Answer 3

When the Roman Armies first invaded Jerusalem and Judea in 66CE then suddenly went away from Judea......all the Christians in Judea (and there were a lot) heeded the prophetic warning given by Jesus Christ and fled the area...from there were scattered all over the then known world.

Secondly the Romans saw the spreading influence of the gospel to be a threat to their domain and further persecution spread the Christians even more......also bringing curious attention on them and their message.

Answer 4

okay first and foremost the apostle paul was a roman so that was whopping contribution. back then and for ages to comes to come the romans continued to rule the world and through emperor constatine who saw christian symbol and heard a voice speak the words "in hoc signo vinces" meaning by this symbol shall you conquer. not to mention that one of the first official churches was the roman catholic.

those are among the many contributions that the romans made to spread of christianity

Answer 5

The apostles were persecuted to death by the power of Saul.

The stoning death of Stephan and hes face glow like an angel.

Saul went blind due to scales God put on his eyes. God gave him visions and Saul became a Christian and the sales fell off and he could see again. Saul became an apostle.

Eutychus raised from the dead among many other miracles.

The Holy Spirit of Pentecost came with the Lord blessings.

I would say the two answers would be:
1.) The persecution of Christians that forced them to grow closer.
2.) The many miracles that happened with God's blessings.

Answer 6

According to the Acts of the Apostles, after Christ was killed and resurrected, Jewish leaders persecuted his followers. They formed a church distinct from other Jews and Greeks, into which they allowed uncircumcised Gentiles to enter. So maybe Gentiles who were not Jewish and who didn't believe in the Roman gods or respect Roman rulers found this as the way to go? Maybe that's one reason you seek and if not, at least I tried!

Answer 7

One thing that comes to mind is that the Roman Empire was the first to have a very efficient road system that covered a LOT of territory.

Thats all I can think of, sorry.

Answer 8

While christianity did spread during roman rule, most romans considered christians a nuisance. I remember a letter Trajan wrote to Pliny the Younger telling Pliny to leave christians alone if they weren't hurting anyone.

Once our friend constantine converted to christianity, it was gung-ho for the religion.

Answer 9

Roman control of countries made it easy to travel from place to place. Information traveled along with commerce.
Also, as the Govt tried to crush Christianity, people were forced to keep moving from town to town to avoid arrest. They were then forced to carry the gospel to many more people than they would have if they'd stayed in their hometown.

Answer 10

Roman government was very effecient and well ordered producing peace between nations under its rule, there was familiarity of customs and languages, there were roads..all these things, hence the ability to travel and communicate .

Answer 11

They mixed Christianity with pagan beliefs to make it more appealing. It was the basis of the roman catholic church and major heresy.