Scicast

Early Christianity (SciCast #425) (2021x14)

Air date: Apr 02, 2021

When and where did Christianity emerge? We can imagine that preaching that “all are equally children of one God” and that they have the same rights, and must treat others with respect and love, must have been, in the imagination of Rome's rulers, an absurd act of rebellion. The type of idea that could very well undermine the unity of the Empire in addition to questioning the Emperor's authority before this supposed “God”. But what was, after all, this revolutionary religion/movement that would become a thorn in the side of Rome's absolute power and that would later become the official religion of the Empire?