Christianity came to the world not as a single religion but as a mingling of beliefs. Religions and pagan cults from ancient Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome influenced the development of this religion. It wasn’t easy for Christianity followers to become a strong religious group as it is today; they went through very harsh times, including being persecuted to death by the Romans. It was not until the year 313 that Constantine, a Roman Emperor, issued …showed first 75 words of 2108 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2108 total…what it is today. Persecutions, deaths and crusades are just examples of the harsh lives that early Christians were obligated to live, until 313 when the religion was finally legalized by Emperor Constantine. After 313 Christianity grew and spread all over the world, and many Christianity divisions have also emerged. Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists and others form part of today’s Christianity, a little cult that begun many years ago from a little group of people from Mesopotamia.