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Church HistoryMost ViewedThe First Division Of Ancient ChPeriod I The Apostolic Age To C 1 The Neronian Persecution The Death Of Peter And Paul The Death Of The Apostle John The Persecution Under Domitian The Post-apostolic Age A D 100- Christianity And Judaism The Extension Of Christianity Relation Of The Roman State To C Least ViewedThe First Division Of Ancient ChPeriod I The Apostolic Age To C 1 The Neronian Persecution The Death Of Peter And Paul The Death Of The Apostle John The Persecution Under Domitian The Post-apostolic Age A D 100- Christianity And Judaism The Extension Of Christianity Relation Of The Roman State To C |
The Political And Religious CondThe accession of Septimius Severus, A. D. 193, marks a change in the condition of the Empire. It was becoming more harassed by frontier wars, not always waged successfully. Barbarians were gradually settling within the Empire. The emperors themselves were no longer Romans or Italians. Provincials, some not even of the Latin race, assumed the imperial dignity. But it was a period in which the Roman law was in its most flourishing and brilliant stage, under such men as Papinian, Ulpian, and others second only to these masters. Stoic cosmopolitanism made for wider conceptions of law and a deeper sense of human solidarity. The Christian Church, however, profited little by this (§ 34) until, in the religious syncretism which became fashionable in the highest circles, it was favored by even the imperial family along with other Oriental religions (§ 35). The varying fortunes of the emperors necessarily affected the Church (§ 36), though, on the whole, there was little suffering, and the Church spread rapidly, and in many parts of the Empire became a powerful organization (§ 37), with which the State would soon have to reckon. Next: State And Church Under Septimius Previous: Period Iv The Age Of The Consoli
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