Spread Of Christianity
1 min readMay 22, 2020
Christianity originated in the province of Judea out of Jewish culture in the mid-1st century AD, expanded within the Roman Empire.
As Christianity became distanced from its Jewish origins, it began to include elements of other cultures and forms of thinking.
In 313 AD, the emperor Constantine declared the Edict of Milan, which gave Christianity juridical status.
In 380 AD, Theodosius I proclaimed the Edict of Thessalonica and Christianity was officially established as the state religion of the Roman Empire.
How Christianity emerged and spread during the early Roman Empire
