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2007-04-07 14:22:09 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

and why was cristianity appealing to many romans?

2007-04-07 14:23:24 · update #1

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Jesus teaching is unique and revolutionary because Jesus asserted his teaching was about himself. He presented his teaching by presenting himself not merely as the example, but as the ultimate source to salvation. He was the point of his teaching. He was the object he taught about - his person was the nexus of it all. The best references to this are found in the Gospel of John. The New Testament is filled with them, but here is the most eloquent passage in all of the Bible. This astounding claim is made by John and later echoed by Jesus, about himself.
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John 1:1-14: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood* it. There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.* He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God– children born not of natural descent,* nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,* who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:19 Then they (the Pharisees) asked him, “Where is your father?” “You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

2007-04-07 14:54:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

He is seen a variety of ways in each gospel, parables, to straight talk, to miracles, to fullfilled prophesies

Matthew is the gospel to the Jews written by a Jewish Tax Collector and concerns Jesus as King Matthew pressents Jesus teaching thorugh 5 bug sermons, the most famous being the seromon on the mount

Mark is the gospel written to the ROmans and has Jesus as a servant, the romans being half slaves in population Jesus came not to be served but to serve and give his life a randsom for others... in order to serve God acceptably first you need to let Jesus serve you through His death on the cross

Luke presents Jesus to the Greeks as Jesus the perfect man Jesus is pressented with more sptries concerning women in thiis gospel than the others and is like the 'ladies home journal of the gospels'

John presents Jesus as the divine son of God, the savior of the world to the whole world
The lead off sermon is John 3 the 'nic at night' sermon Jesus is the I AM the I am the light of the world,.. the I AM before abraham was... I AM the resurection

2007-04-07 14:29:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You have the answers on the ministering, but as far a appealing to the Romans is another issue.

When the Romans saw that Christianity was overrunning the country, the wise men got together with the Christians that had fallen by the wayside, and started the Roman Catholic church.
So, It is based on Government mixed with worldly-fallen away-christians.

2007-04-07 14:46:00 · answer #3 · answered by Israel-1 6 · 0 0

He presented his main teaching w/c was "the kingdom of God is here", by the way he lived & died. He also taught by using parables, & others effective teaching methodologies at his time. He also presented the kingdom by healing the sick and forgiving sins. much later after His death, many Romans found the nascent church so appealing because of the way His followers served & loved one another, whereas their religion offered empty promises, if at all. I could tell you so much more w/o being dogmatic, but space is limited.

2007-04-07 14:42:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

His main teaching was presented as parables and metaphors that people of the time would understand. His message was great to the Romans becuase it was a message that was for them as well as the Jews. It was also a message of grace, and of a God that had purpose, and was actually working in this world, unlike their "gods" that were unresponsive (makes sense, given that they were not real)
Remeber though, Jesus' message was not taken to the bulk of the Roman population himself. In fact, his disciples and apostles were the ones to spread Jesus' message of Salvation.

2007-04-07 14:26:18 · answer #5 · answered by Steve M 3 · 1 0

He preached to multitudes everywhere he went. He frequently used parables as well as healing the sick, blind, deaf, and lame. He also fed the multitudes with very little food-the loaves and fishes- and had many leftovers. Read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the first four books of the new testament for an overview of His teachings. The sermon on the mount in Matthew is one that is quoted frequently.

2007-04-07 14:31:19 · answer #6 · answered by Country girl 7 · 2 0

The romans accepted Christianity because they were familiar with Mithras. The story of Jesus was just exactly like the story of Mithras and that was a calculated move.

Jesus traveled with his followers and spoke to the people he encountered.

2007-04-07 14:30:54 · answer #7 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1 0

Probably the sermon on the mount in Matthew chap 5-7

2007-04-07 14:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by Don M 1 · 0 0

Through love. Even though the romans had power, they had not love. Real love appeals to everybody.

2007-04-07 14:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Cristi Anity had big boobs... or so I hear...

But anyway, now that I've completely my criticism of your spelling that makes little sense, he wasn't directly appealing, it was what people said about him long after his death that was ultimately appealing. Ultimately after Jesus died, it was still a fairly small group, this group removed some of their older Jewish practices to make it more acceptable to romans, and talked about it, but it still wasn't big, and they were presecuted, beaten and tortured, and generally not in very good shape... Then of course, Emporer Constantine comes along and converts, people convert to emulate him, and is the oficial religion in a couple generations...

2007-04-07 14:29:17 · answer #10 · answered by ‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮yelxeH 5 · 0 1

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