The document discusses the origins and spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire. It describes how Christianity started as a Jewish sect but St. Paul helped change its message to be universal. Paul appealed Christianity to non-Jews which helped it grow throughout the empire. While initially persecuted, Constantine legalized Christianity in 313 CE and it eventually became the official religion of the late Roman Empire.

1. Christianity And The Roman Empire

12. Christ as Emperor Persecuted for two centuries, Christianity in the 4 th century found its status changed from outsider to imperial insider.

15. The Sacking of Rome "My voice sticks in my throat; and, as I dictate, sobs choke my utterance. The City which had taken the whole world was itself taken." Jerome, Letter CXXVII (To Principia)

18. Plato and Augustine: A Comparison