Christianity is largely maneuvered by the challenges of joining the east and the west of Rome in the sixth century. Justinian, based in Constantinople, extends his authority to parts of western Rome in an attempt to spread Christianity once more. Popes, bishops, and missionaries soon head west to follow Justinian’s orders. The result of their hard work is a clear distinction between eastern and western Christianity, but Christianity never the less. By 500 churches have reached Ethiopia which became linked to the Coptic Church in Egypt and in 543 the Nubian kingdom adopted Christianity became linked to the same church in Egypt. Towards the end of the sixth century in 596, Augustine trenches ...view middle of the document...
He considered his ideas new forms of toleration and continued to support both Christianity and Paganism. In 313, only a year after battle, the edict of Milan, surely named after the battle won, officially made Christianity a legal religion within Rome. He continued his push for stronger Christianity by stating that Sunday should be a holy day and demanded that Christians have the same rights that Pagans have, though he is also credited with the removal of certain pagan temples . Following in his footsteps Theodosius did great things for Christianity in Rome making it the official language in 380 . The only persecution that did take place during this timeframe was often spread out and usually the result of local people in a town rising against a known Pagans such as the Martin of Tours’ destructions of holy sites in Gaul in the fourth century . This was probably due to the fact that official orders of Christianity were not really set in stone or organized and established well. Theodosius did lead a legislation against magic in fear of rising power only...
