How did the Roman empire end up Christian

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Knowing the biblical history associated with Jesus (I.e. Pontius Pilate crucifying him to appease the Jews), how did Roman Catholicism end up becoming the dominant religion in the Roman world? It seem like they’d want to distance themselves from that, sort of like how it would be kind of awkward for Jews to accept Jesus as the messiah, ya know?

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Once it infected the leadership, the nobility suddenly it became much less offensive. Eventually emperor Constantine converted and then made it the state religion and that’s that. (Very oversimplified)

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