Question

How did the Roman Empire choose to deal with Christianity at the beginning of the fourth century? Select one of the following options:

A) Embrace and adopt Christianity as the official religion of the empire.
B) Persecute and suppress Christianity, considering it a threat to the traditional Roman religion.
C) Implement a policy of tolerance, allowing Christianity to coexist with other religions.
D) Ignore Christianity altogether, neither supporting nor opposing its growth.

Answer 1

At the beginning of the fourth century, the Roman Empire chose to persecute and suppress Christianity, considering it a threat to the traditional Roman religion. It was not until the end of the fourth century that the empire embraced and adopted Christianity as the official religion. answer is A

Step-by-step explanation:

The Roman Empire initially chose to A) Persecute and suppress Christianity, considering it a threat to the traditional Roman religion at the beginning of the fourth century.

Roman officials saw early Christian communities' refusal to participate in the state cults and worship the Roman gods as a challenge to their authority. This led to sporadic and localized persecutions of Christians, with the most widespread and official persecution occurring under Emperor Diocletian in 303.

It wasn't until the fourth century's end that B) Embrace and adopt Christianity as the official religion of the empire happened with the conversion of Emperor Constantine and the subsequent legalization and official recognition of Christianity. answer is A