Rome was not built in a day, as the saying goes. As a matter of fact Rome was conceived, built, prospered, and then conquered from around 800 B.C. to 476 A.D. That is approximately one thousand three hundred years. With these facts in mind it is still impossible to even attempt to think of how many individuals aided the development of the city Rome itself and or Rome’s well known religion, Christianity. While some …showed first 75 words of 1921 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1921 total…religion. The “Four Fathers” of the church efficiently communicated the Bible. The “Four Fathers” are one of the main reasons Christianity exists today. Bibliography Sherman, Dennis. Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations. New York: McGraw-Hill Co, 2000 Lerner, R.E. Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture. 3rd ed. New York: Norton & Company, 1998 Wolfson, H.A. The Philosophy of Church Fathers. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1970 Kermit S.T. Augustine: His Thought In Context. New York: Paulist Press, 1995