(November 12, 2014 at 5:53 pm)dyresand Wrote: How did Christianity spread in bible terms because those people in the bible were in middle east and only such a small group of people well a few select people know of Jesus and his miracles at the time. So it doesn't really explain how it got so big here. Now if only a certain number of people knew Jesus and told people about it they surely would not just believe because they would ask why should we believe if we have x y or z deity. So how did it spread if in reality only a few amount of people knew the son of god...
When Constantine legalized Christianity they were about 5% of the empires population. Just the next few emperors were Christian unlike Constantine. Romans would've have though much of this at first as a number of emperors were in fringe cults in the past. The problem was that these emporers didn't check their Christianity at the door like presidents now.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
