Re: Rome Becomes Christian

This chapter, that talks about the "Golden Age" of Rome and it's Transformation from being Pagan to being Christian and believing in the one true God pioneered by Emperor Constantine, but what alot of people don't know is where, how and why did Rome convert to Christianity.

Where'd Christianity come from? the answer is: Palestine, I was quite intrigued to find that our Christian faith came from a country that is now currently Islam or Muslim. But let me get back to the topic: Rome Becomes Christian; Why'd Rome turn to Christianity instead of the Olympic Gods like Jupiter, Juno, Apollo etc.. Well back then, Rome's slaves (Plebeians) needed something or someone to turn to, they needed an outlet, they longed for acceptance and love, And it wasn't only Christianity that gave them that, but also Jesus Christ, The son of God. It was a fact that most early Christians were women because they were attracted to Jesus Christ and his loving and understanding personality.


How'd Rome convert to Christianity, Without the help of Emperor Constantine, the dominant religion now wouldn't be Christianity, but other religions that have arisen along with Christianity, Like the Cult of the Goddess Isis from Egypt, The cult of the Savior Mithras from Persia, The worship of the Great Earth Mother from Asia Minor, and many other religions, old and new. And let us not forget the Holy Wars, those played a role too in deciding whether the dominant religion of today would've been Christianity or Islam.

But the conversion of Constantine were just one stepping stone in the whole process of fusion between Christianity and the old Pagan ways from the Greco-roman Civilizations. The process had been helped by three Christian writers that we call "The Latin Doctors"
 St. Ambrose, St. Jerome, and St. Agustine, these three played an important role in establishing the church as a power over the crown or the empire, Like St. Ambrose's actions of excommunicating Emperor Theodosius I from the church forcing the great Emperor to humble himself and beg for forgiveness.

St. Jerome loved Greco-Roman writings but he also loved Christianity so in my point of view he was kind of confused as to what he'd be siding with but in the end, he'd be siding with both having hopes that the Greco-Roman writings would be put to good use with Christianity later on in the succeeding generations.

St. Agustine was the smartest of the three, I could say. He wrote voluminously against pagan and heretical doctrines that threatened Christian orthodoxy. He used Christianity to reshape the insights of Plato and Plotinus, Like the Neoplatonists he believed that the Material world in which we live in is less important, less real than the spiritual world, but to him it was still merely the creation of a good and loving God who remained active in his art of bringing things to life out of nothing.

Christianity and most of the Western Civilization owe the "Latin Doctors" very much for without them we wouldn't be worshiping the God we worship today and we wouldn't be Christian, For all we know we could be, believers in Arianism, Taboo much?