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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Rome didn’t just become Christian, Christianity became Roman.
Christianity was spreading quickly but also splintering into different creeds and it was kinda localised. Emperor Constantine unified the different creeds into the Nicene creed by working together with important bishops and trying to address some of the differences and debates that existed at the time.
This intertwined the church with the empire since the bishops were given legitimacy, access and most importantly money and land, while the Empire was given oversight of the growing religion. This also meant that those opposing the Nicean creed would be undermined and often persecuted since they were heretics.
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