THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pliny The Younger, Diocletianic Persecution, Monotheism
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Contents: christianity in the roman world: 4th century (slide 2, roman religion (slide 3, religious tolerance (slide 4, persecution (slides 5-7, after 312 ad (slides 8-9) For more information about vatican city in rome visit their official website: http://www. vatican. va/ This lesson overlaps somewhat with, but also complements, the lesson on christianity in the. In christianity in the roman world, you learned about the roman empire. In this lesson, we return to the social and historical context of the roman empire in order to understand how christianity grew to eventually become the official roman religion by the end of the 4th century. Therefore, this lesson complements christianity in the roman world in at least two significant ways: first, this lesson focuses on the persecutions of christianity in a way in which. Christianity in the roman world introduced some theory from the sociology of religion to explain the persecutions.