How Christianity Become Popular in the Ancient World
Christianity became very popular in the ancient world for a number of reasons. When Christianity entered the ancient world, the Romans accepted it, but then they started disliking throughout time Christians because of the way they figured out things. So why did Christianity get so popular anyways? The expansion of Christianity was because to god everyone was made equally, Christians handled everything in a nonviolent way, and because of how Christianity was spread.
Jesus made everyone equally; It didn’t matter whether you were a man, or a woman, slave, rich or poor. In the letters of Paul in document D, it says, “... in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither male nor female, neither slave nor free… Here is a community that invites you, which makes you an equal with all other members of that community.” What this means is that Jesus doesn’t care what your status is. Every single person was made under God’s image. You were made the way you are for a reason. Which people really liked hearing because it gave them hope. Also, in document C, it says, “But this religion is saying that every person, man,woman, child, slave, barbarian, no matter Who, is made in the image of God and is therefore of enormous value in the eyes of God.” meaning everyone was made unique for a specific reason. Also, in document B, everyone was made equally under God’s image. The Romans had immortality, and the Christians did too. The only thing that is different between those two is that the Romans believed that when they died, they either went to a world for heroes, or a world for commoners. Since Jesus treated everyone equally, the afterlife for the Christians was the same for everyone. Since Jesus would say about how everyone is equally and was made differently for a reason, it gave people hope. It really cheered them up because then they would say everything happens for a reason.
Another reason why Christianity became so popular, is because of how the Christians handled
Jesus made everyone equally; It didn’t matter whether you were a man, or a woman, slave, rich or poor. In the letters of Paul in document D, it says, “... in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither male nor female, neither slave nor free… Here is a community that invites you, which makes you an equal with all other members of that community.” What this means is that Jesus doesn’t care what your status is. Every single person was made under God’s image. You were made the way you are for a reason. Which people really liked hearing because it gave them hope. Also, in document C, it says, “But this religion is saying that every person, man,woman, child, slave, barbarian, no matter Who, is made in the image of God and is therefore of enormous value in the eyes of God.” meaning everyone was made unique for a specific reason. Also, in document B, everyone was made equally under God’s image. The Romans had immortality, and the Christians did too. The only thing that is different between those two is that the Romans believed that when they died, they either went to a world for heroes, or a world for commoners. Since Jesus treated everyone equally, the afterlife for the Christians was the same for everyone. Since Jesus would say about how everyone is equally and was made differently for a reason, it gave people hope. It really cheered them up because then they would say everything happens for a reason.
Another reason why Christianity became so popular, is because of how the Christians handled