Clash of the Christians: Why Rome’s Religious and Social Practices Catalyzed the Christian Explosion in the First Century
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Summary“Goodness is the only investment that never fails,” once penned poet Henry David Thoreau. Such was a belief of the earliest followers of Christianity, most of whom were disrespected lower-class citizens of the Roman Empire. Christians proclaimed the existence of utopian life after death attainable through an altruistic approach to life on earth. Conversely, during the same period of time that Christianity was birthed, Roman citizens practicing their pagan religion and its various forms believed that life on earth was far more appealing than what would come after death and their actions imitated this philosophy
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- 1st century B.C.E., Caesar Augustus was hailed for bringing back aspects of the pagan Roman religion that had been cast aside in the years prior.
- The Romans did not place any hope in an afterlife.
- There was an emphasis on the importance of worldly effects.
- Many Roman rituals surrounded a sacrifice of some sort, as did many Jewish rituals.
- Christianity was similar to many cult-like religions that appeared during this period of time.
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