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Triumph of Christianity
Audrey Lim
Lorenzo Cruz III
BSN 3G
Geographic Setting
Constantinople is
located right
between the Black
Sea and the
entrance to the
Mediterranean
Sea
2 Important Decisions
1. Gave Christians
friendship and
legal status
312 A.D. vision
before the Battle
of Milvian Bridge
With this sign
you will conquer
Labarum
Edict of Milan
(313 A.D.)
allowed
Christians to
practice religion
freely and make
converts
337 A.D.
Constantine
was baptized
before his death
Edict of Milan
2 Important Decisions
2. May 11, 330
A.D. capital at
Byzantium
renamed
Constantinople
(Istanbul,
Turkey)
Shortest
distance bet.
Europe and Asia
2 Reasons:
1. God incarnate, second person in
the Holy Trinity.
. Character and life inspired awe
and love.
. Put to death by leaders
. Resurrected from the dead and
ascended into heaven
. Converted thousands of believers
. 50 A.D. entered Rome
2 Reasons:
2. Message of salvation; freely given by
the grace of God
Needs only to be accepted by the
believers that Jesus is the Christ
(Savior)
Christianitys Contribution
Code of ethics based on love of God and
all men and races (faith, hope, charity,
honesty, kindness)
Abolished barbaric customs (human
sacrifice infanticide, blood feuds, incest,
slavery)
Improved condition of the poor
Improved family life
Enriched arts and letters
Offers a last refuge for hope and solace
Spread of Christianity
Apostolic Age (30-476 A.D.)
First 5 centuries
First apostles were martyred
Refused to worship traditions or the
emperor
the disciples would scarcely have been
willing to die for a lie - Origen
Ended when it became the religion of the
Byzantine Empire
The
Crucifixion
of St. Peter
and St.
Andrew
The
Decapitation of
St. Paul
Spread of Christianity
Middle Ages (5th 16th Century)
St. Thomas
Aquinas
St. Jerome
St. Augustine
Spread of Christianity
Protestant Reformation and Catholic
Counter Reformation (16th 17th
Century)
Martin Luther of Germany
New sects or denominations were
founded
Spread Christianity to Asia, Africa and
Latin America
Spread of Christianity
Modern Era (18th 20th Century)
Byzantine Emperors
Julian (361 363 A.D.)
the Apostate
Half brother of Constantine the Great
Last non-Christian ruler of the Roman
empire
bring the Empire back to its ancient
Roman values in order to save it from
"dissolution"
Byzantine Emperors
Theodosius (379 395 A.D.)
Byzantine Emperors
Justinian (527 565 A.D.)
Hagia Sophia
Byzantine Emperors
Basil II (976 1025 A.D.)
Bulgar slayer
Conquered the Balkan
peninsula, Syria and Iraq
Neara land owned by
wealthy land owners was
divided and given to poor
families
Hippodrome
Hagia Sophia
Church of the
Holy Wisdom of
God
100 ft across
180 feet high
Religious icons
and relics
Contributions of Byzantium
Christianity
Greco-Roman culture
Roman law (Justinian code)
Abstract, interpretative and religious
art and literature
Greek fire
Contributions of Byzantium
Digenes Akrites
Seljuk Turks
Ottoman Turks (14th Century)
1397 Constantinople
May 29, 1453 Constantinople fell after
a 2 month siege
Fall of Constantinople