Social Sciences and History / Unit 3 SSH 0227 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Christianity from Sect to State Religion
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The idea
After the Temple's destruction in seventy CE, Paul's teaching that the crucifixion canceled sin spread a faith divided on doctrine. Bishops and dioceses mirrored imperial structure. After Constantine, conversion became the path to advancement.
In practice
Churches replacing temples; December twenty-fifth absorbing the sun god's festival.
Where people slip
Orthodoxy began with the Trinity and created heresy by naming it. Monasticism began with Antony about two eighty.
Your place on the trail
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