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“Christianity spread in quite an amazing way in its first few decades”. The newly acquired conviction of the earliest Christianity was that faith in Jesus Christ represents the only prospect of salvation for human beings, no matter where and when they may be living. ... Because of Christianity’s apocalyptic view of the world, the newly formed churches thought that they had very very little time to spread the message of the salvation that can be gained through Christ; and henceforth spread it with great speed to all corners of the Empire at the time, the Roman Empire. ... This time was totally perfect for the spread of Christianity. ... This aided the spread of Christianity in several ways: letters could be sent on these roads over long distances within the empire with letters, travel was very easy, and because all the roads led to Rome, when Christianity entered Rome this would mean it would spread quickly right throughout the empire. ... It is hardly an accident that Christianity first spread along the trade routes and had most of its earliest strongholds in cities from which commerce radiated. ... At the time of the rise of Christianity, Greek was spoken as the language of commerce almost everywhere; from the near east to the west.
Approximate Word count = 956
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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