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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At first, Christianity was just a small religious movement that started after Jesus’ death. The Romans didn’t pay much attention to it initially. But as Christianity spread and gained more followers, some Romans saw it as a threat to their beliefs. For a long time, Christians were persecuted and punished by Roman authorities for not worshipping the Roman gods. Many were even killed for their faith, like when the Romans threw them to the lions in arenas! However, around 300 years after Jesus, a Roman emperor named Constantine had a change of heart. He claimed that he had a vision that made him convert to Christianity. Constantine then made Christianity legal and embraced it himself. Over time, more and more Romans became Christians too. By the 300s and 400s, Christianity had grown so widespread that it became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
This might be wrong as i just wrote what was taught to us by my History Teacher (It was not in the syllabus) in India. So take this comment with a grain of salt.
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