HIST 1207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Arianism, Facial Hair, Excommunication
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The germans sought refuge with rome when the huns started attacking them: rome made promises and broke them. Rome couldn"t handle the pressure of the immigrant population: the agreement (forced) was that the goths (germans) would convert to arian. Christianity: most of the tribes did so without issue, because they wanted to be. Roman: within three years of the germans coming across the danube, arian christianity is rejected. Julian the apostate (361-363: julian rebelled against the trend toward christianity, he used the christian church as a model to rebuild the pagan system, he did not persecute christians. Instituted religious tolerance policies: arianism lost political favor, so the nicene christians were no longer persecuted, tolerance allows nicene christianity to grow, pagan sacri ces were restored but there was no major movement back to the old ways. #3: 380 theodosius urges gratian to pass a law making nicene christianity the.
