Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire In St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, he explains that God’s justice is “God’s way of righting wrong”. St. Paul says in Jesus’ sacrificial death God “ meant by this to demonstrate his justice”. According to Paul, human pride is excluded because “the keeping of law would not exclude it, but faith does”. St. Paul’s reason for this is “that a man is justified by …showed first 75 words of 417 total…

…showed last 75 words of 417 total…contributor to the rise of the new faith. Constantine was a Roman ruler that claimed he saw the Roman sign for Christianity and God spoke to him during a battle. He used Christianity as his backbone of his crusade. He eventually took over the whole Roman Empire and greatly supported Christianity. Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, giving religious freedom to everyone .He especially favored Christians by building magnificent churches and exempting clergy from taxes.