The Origin and Development of Christianity

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The Christian church and the east of the Roman Catholic church in 1054 formally split. As specific incident was more with Constantinople patriarch akashic related, so it is also called the akashic wu division. After the split of the Roman empire in the 4th century AD, between two part of the social, political, the differences between the language and cultural traditions, contributed to the Christian said the west wing of the Latin and Greek speaking differentiation between eastern sects. The Roman church in the west of the thought of himself as Jesus and his disciples the successor of Peter, insists that its own chief among patriarchate status; Constantinople in the eastern part of the church is in the eastern Roman emperor with support and the Vatican compete for spheres of influence; Plus doctrinal differences, finally fired to teach each other in 1054, the formal division of Catholic and orthodox.

In addition, there are some other independent orthodox factions, like Greece, Armenia and the Serbian orthodox branch. Catholic teaching is the Roman Pope, the Russian orthodox church taught first is Moscow's orthodox bishop of the highest.

Origin and development of the Christian jews in Christianity originated in Palestine. In the three years, lived in the area of jews Rome conquered. In Romans, under the brutal oppression of the jews had launched many uprisings in A.D. 66-132 years, after a failed more brutal crackdown. Due to the failure of the uprising, the oppressed people feel powerless, they put their hopes in religion, expect a savior, make heaven fell on the ground, to save the sufferings of the people. This reflects their struggle in the real life of disappointment, turn in to seek a way out from the religious spirit, to get rid of the desperate situation. According to the relevant historical materials, in the before and after the jewish residents lower throughout Asia minor in a secret sect of an approaching "savior". Christian actually evolved from the church.

More than one of the earliest christians were slaves, release the slave, and the poor. They set up a small scale in cities organization, marked by the cross, the property ownership. After these small groups jointly and into the church. Start, because its against Roman rule, and repression. Later, due to the upper society, participated in the Christianity, hope for the afterlife, encourage their loyalty to the state, deferential to my master. Therefore, in 313 AD, the Roman emperor Constantine issued "milan tried" to the Christian church to legal status. By 380, declared Christianity as the official religion of the Roman empire. With the help of the church of England position, so the Christian churches and christians over the different parts of the Roman empire, the. Christianity has become the rule of the exploiting classes. When in Rome, Constantine, Alexander, Antioch, Jerusalem and other five churches in prominence.

Christianity is the 1st century AD the Palestinian jews against the product of the Roman empire. After its establishment, the Roman empire, the conquered people for brutal repression and economic exploitation, unprecedented class conflicts and ethnic tensions within the territory of the empire. Palestinian since was conquered by the Roman empire, the local jews uprisings, but bloody crackdown by the rulers. Due to the failure of the uprising, the jews came to expect god to send "savior", to save their suffering. So, Christianity is within the territory of the Roman empire, the lower people's despair in reality struggle, and to the results of the religion to seek a way out. 3rd century Christianity within the empire obtain development, gradually formed the organized church, upper-middle classes of society began to join the church and mastered the leadership, the resistance of the early Christian spirit gradually disappear. The 4th century, the imperial ruler for using the ideas of Christianity preaching patience, obedience and faith in Christ, to foster the policy, and as the state religion. Western Europe after entering the feudal society, to maintain its own rule, abandoned the past polytheism, converted to Christianity

Early Christianity was brutal persecution and repression by the Roman emperor. Until after the crackdown of Christianity by the Roman obviously futile, the ruler of the empire began to know why the arrival strong attempts to destroy the Christian are not realistic; And to effectively control the empire, must first of all to maintain peace and the Catholic church. So, in 311 after the "tolerance order" regulation to stop persecution of Christianity, in 313 by Constantine and licinius and issued the edict of milan, famous announced admit the legal status of Christianity in the Roman empire and can be Shared with all other religious freedom, without discrimination. From that Christianity as legal religious official start featherbeds Christian Roman rulers, and gradually make it became the official religion of the Roman empire. Theodosius in 392 after the release law prohibits offered a sacrifice unto the pagan gods in any place, at the same time, Christianity as the sole legitimate religion. Therefore, this year is generally regarded as Christianity as the beginning of the church of Rome.

Because broke the theocratic rule of the Roman empire of early Christianity, and many times of repression. Later, the decline of the Roman empire, slavery increasingly collapse, the original social upper strata in the hesitation in Christianity, and gradually to control it, seek the ruler's support for the church. Rulers of the church to take huairou policy, to the fourth century, the Roman empire finally declared Christianity as the state religion.

Sign of the Christian church is a cross, the cross means "fork". Jesus suffering torture devices, composed of two root wood cross, shape to Chinese characters "ten", so the Chinese translation as a "cross". Catholics believe that Jesus to save mankind, and was crucified and died, so the statue of the cross is the mark of faith. The church cross as sacred symbols - holy epithet. Religious people in all kinds of alkaloids, such as into the hall, the hall, and after meal before and after the prayer, before going to bed after getting up and distress, temptations of the cross. Cross in various places of the church, believers in the home, and in a sign of church groups, etiquette, the holy book everywhere. Cross a lot of style, the most common is vertical short transverse long Latin words and are cross the Greek cross.

In 305 AD, Constantine succession， abandon the persecution of Christianity to be propped up. Later part of the upper echelons church to become a part of highest-ranking imperial system, and become