THEO 206 Lecture 6: Lesson 6 - Conversion of the Empire
26 Mar 2018
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Other religions are considered subversive, christians being one of the religions being persecuted. 312: christianity legalized in the roman empire: decisions made being recognized, received support of building churches. symphonia: harmony between church and state, which was defined by emperor justinian: eastern territory: Vallee reading chapter 6: inversion of the empire pp. Eastern: works together but does not interfere with one another. First, this lesson focuses on the persecutions of christianity in a way in which christianity in the roman world did not. Christianity in the roman world introduced some theory from the sociology of religion to explain the persecutions. Lesson 6 applies that theory to the actual persecutions and provides details about the major persecutions. Second, this lesson takes you to the 4th century and beyond, when christianity was legalized and then became the official religion of the empire. The roman empire was the object of the manifested care of the gods such as jupiter.
