Sara Connolly THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY AND THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Many people lost their faith in the government, so they tried to put it in religion. Some people became attracted to Christianity, strange but new. It also made sense, with the strict moral code and the descriptions of society of being evil, so the Romans began converting. Christianity offered a positive attitude to humanity, a belief in the sacredness of human life, …
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…in our world today, but it brought the downfall of a great nation. The beliefs are the sane, although there are modified versions of Christianity available to day, such as being catholic, Presbyterian, or Methodist. In America we can practice any religion we choose, so they are without the threat of persecution, unlike the Christians that lived in Rome, but no religion can ever escape from prejudice, so although its changed, its still the same. . .