HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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Christianity gained many new followers
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Christianity stopped spreading
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most people abandoned Christianity
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the Roman military hired them to help in battles
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Detailed explanation-1: -Christians have made a myriad of contributions to human progress in a broad and diverse range of fields, both historically and in modern times, including the science and technology, medicine, fine arts and architecture, politics, literatures, music, philanthropy, philosophy, ethics, humanism, theatre and business.
Detailed explanation-2: -Christians became an easy target. Nero wasted no time. He arrested and tortured all the Christians in Rome, before executing them with lavish publicity. Some were crucified, some were thrown to wild animals and others were burned alive as living torches.
Detailed explanation-3: -Christ’s death and resurrection could be seen as the most important principle of Christianity, so martyrdom imitated that holy act. Accordingly anyone who became a martyr was guaranteed immediate residence in heaven. All martyrs were regarded as saints and the remains of Martyrs are used as relics in shrines.
Detailed explanation-4: -Christianity has the most followers worldwide with over 2.2 billion believers.