Form of christianity dating back to luther and calvin the original dating game

We need to understand some basics of Christian history to understand colonial, Revolutionary, and 19th century America.

Moreover, the Reformation provided ideological justification for modern banking and capitalism and Western notions of representative government and equality.

Romans persecuted these early Christians for not worshipping state-sanctioned gods, most dramatically throwing some to the lions along with other criminals for spectators’ amusement.

According to the historian Tacitus, after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 CE, Emperor Nero scapegoated Christians and they executed Paul, apostle Peter, and others.

Early Christianity Christianity grew out of the Jewish religion that emerged in the Near East during ancient times.

From that Judaic trunk sprouted Christianity in the 1st century CE and Islam in the 7th century CE.