emperor theodosius i made catholicism the official religion of the roman empire.
emperor theodosius i made catholicism the official religion of the roman empire.
who made catholicism the official religion of the roman empire?
emperor theodosius i
several other religions and imported mystery cults remained represented within its ever-expanding boundaries during the roman republic and empire periods, including judaism, whose presence in the city dates back from the roman republic and was sometimes forcibly confined to the roman ghetto, as well as mithraism which was the official religion of the roman empire for about two centuries, until being superseded by christianity, following the death of emperor constantine in the 4th century. christianity was made the official religion of the roman empire in 380 by emperor theodosius i, allowing it to spread further and eventually wholly replace mithraism in the roman empire.
religion in rome
section::::catholicism as the official religion of the holy roman empire.









































in medieval times, catholicism was the only official religion within the holy roman empire. (there were resident jews, but they were not considered citizens of the empire.) within the empire, the catholic church was a major power. large parts of the territory were ruled by ecclesiastical lords. three of the seven seats in the council of electors of the holy roman empires were occupied by catholic archbishops: the arch-chancellor of burgundy (archbishop of trier), the arch-chancellor of italy (archbishop of cologne), and the arch-chancellor of germany (archbishop of mainz).
history of the catholic church in germany