Kent joseph . Joseph cmon, do we really wanna talk about church over lunch . Kent well, its the target of the clients xt campaign. Hed like to see the day when the church is irrelevant. Male good luck there. Everybody goes to church. Well, almost everybody. Joseph hey, i congregate with others on sundays. I sit under a steeple. I give moneyto the racetrack. Hey, janet and the kids go to church but sundays are the only day that i have to have a little fun. Besides, church is for women. Male thanks a lot. Kent most people think that church is the moral compass of society. Church is the foundation of an honorable culture. Joseph so you go to church . Kent no, but i should. Anyway, i just read that fewer people are going to churches on sundays than ever before. Joseph cause theyre all at the racetrack with me. Male well, this campaign should be a breeze, right . Vincent you know, you just may have something ent he may be right. Vincent its a different kind of steeple but it could work. Jos
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apostle at the head was the church in rome where peter was centered. rome is a giant empire if you re a christian you re saying you believe in a man, jesus, who is a king above all kings and not the roman king, you put yourself in opposition to the roman empire. and that s a really dangerous situation for early christians. despite the dangers facing christians in rome, peter holds secret gatherings where he preaches the word of christ. rome is a society 75 to 80% slaves. they re not human, can t marry, can be bought and sold, whipped and raped. so suddenly there is this movement that is saying you re a person with dignity created in the image of god, that makes you worthwhile. so that s part of the power of this christian movement. christ s message strikes a
christ died for the sins of man and accepting that tth is the key to salvation. others teach different variations of that message. but regardless of interpretation in the first century any follower of christ is seen as a threat to the roman empire and hunted for his believes. when you think about the beginning of the christian movement it s astonishing the movement went anywhere. people are being arrested, tortured, killed in public. you see competition between different disciples, different versions of the message of jesus. all of christ s followers spread throughout the mediterranean preaching his message. but the apostles are the meant on earth who walked with jesus himself. there were all of the different cities that had healthiy christian churches in them but the only one with the
to honor his new found faith konstantin commissions spectacular building brojts in christ s name throughout the empire. among the most famous, the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem. it s one of the holiest places in christiandom. the slab on the floor is the place where they say jesus was originally buried. but almost soonz christians are free from roman persecution they begin fighting with each other. the biggest problem during this time was doctorate. in some people s ideas jesus was born of a woman he can t be divine there is questions about whether he is human, is he divine, both? this is hair splitting doctrinal difference here but some people were willing to kill you for that. christians willing to kill other