SUBDIVISION

(CHRISTIANITY)
 Christians were persecuted under
Roman Emperor.
 It was Emperor Constantine who
declared himself a CHRISTIAN in
312 C. E. upon his declaration of the
Edict of Milan.- which declared
equality among all religions.
After Constantine defeated
his opponents and
becoming the sole leader of
the Roman Empire in 324
C.E.
Emperor Constantine made
Christianity the official
religion of the empire and
sought to end all doctrinal
arguments on Christianity.
He convened the First
Ecumenical Council at Nicea
in Asia Minor-attended by
bishop from eastern and
western regions of the
empire.
In 330 C.E., he transferred the
Capital of the Roman Empire
from Rome to Byzantium
( modern-day Istanbul) and
rename it Constantinople.
Conflict between Roman
empire and Byzantium
Empire- resulting in the
division between Roman
Catholic Church and the
Greek Orthodox Church.
Abuses and corruption in the
church led another sect to be
formed by around 16 century,
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led by Martin Luther.

He is a teacher and a monk
who founded the beginnings
of another Christian sect
called PROTESTANTISM.
“Protestant reformation”- is
considered the second
greatest split in Christianity.
Martin Luther’s 95 theses
-believe that the bible is the
Central religious authority and
that humans may reach
salvation only by their faith and
not by their deeds.
 One of the things he opposed was the
selling of indulgences ( refers to the
pardon granted by the Pope to
purgatorial punishment to Christians
who pay a certain amount for the
absolution of the sins) of the Catholic
Church.)
His ideas spread to England,
with King Henry VIII
severing hi ties from Rome,
creating the Church of
England and Lutheranism in
1555.
As result, the Catholic Church
initiated its own reformation
to address the issues raised by
Luther.