RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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How was the authority of the Roman emperors being challenged or threatened by the views of the Jews? Check all that apply.
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Roman law stated that the emperor was the highest authority; Christians believed God was the highest authority..
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Christians believed that they would go to heaven when you died if they were good people. Romans believed that only the gods lived in heaven.
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Christians believed that they were equal to each other and that but the Roman’s had two strict social classes.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout its reign, the Holy Roman Empire faced many challenges: The primary challenge was the Investiture Controversy, a conflict between states in medieval Europe and the church over who would appoint the bishops. The empire controlled a large geographic area which contributed to its fall.
Detailed explanation-2: -By approving Christianity, the Roman state directly undermined its religious traditions. Finally, by this time, Romans considered their emperor a god. But the Christian belief in one god-who was not the emperor-weakened the authority and credibility of the emperor.
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