What attracted people so much to it was its very powerful mission statement. The Christian faith stated there was no difference between the rich and the poor, everyone was equal. The work of the missionaries had an impact as to why Christianity became so prevalent. The one thing that stood in the way of it growing rapidly was the persecutions, they were happening more frequently. For the first there centuries of its existence the Christian church had to deal with persecution from the authorities in Rome. There is no exact record of the number of Christians who were persecuted at the time. This brought about the cult of the saints; which in turn helped facilitate the spread of Christianity. They were able to provided explanations and raised many questions about the church. Christianity did prevail overall and in the end became the predominant religion in the Roman Empire, after having everything going against it in its beginning
What attracted people so much to it was its very powerful mission statement. The Christian faith stated there was no difference between the rich and the poor, everyone was equal. The work of the missionaries had an impact as to why Christianity became so prevalent. The one thing that stood in the way of it growing rapidly was the persecutions, they were happening more frequently. For the first there centuries of its existence the Christian church had to deal with persecution from the authorities in Rome. There is no exact record of the number of Christians who were persecuted at the time. This brought about the cult of the saints; which in turn helped facilitate the spread of Christianity. They were able to provided explanations and raised many questions about the church. Christianity did prevail overall and in the end became the predominant religion in the Roman Empire, after having everything going against it in its beginning