Historians, philosophers, and religious scholars have written a lot about the influence of religion on society. At times, society implicitly obeyed religious worshipers. Sometimes some sections of the population opposed certain dogmas of various doctrines of the supernatural. The topic was relevant in the ancient world, it is important in our days.
The impact of Christianity on society
Christianity arose in the 1st century AD in Palestine. The history of early Christianity is not too advertised by ministers of worship, although it is logical to assume that for 2 thousand years of various transformations and changes, early Christianity should very differ from the religion that has come down to us at present.
A number of authors have studied the history of Christian teaching. Erich Fromm considered the emergence of Christianity from the perspective of psychology. According to him, the teaching was popular among the lower classes of Jewish society. Thus, religion here allowed part of the population to unite and try to rebel against oppression by the wealthy inhabitants of Judea and the power of Rome. While the Romans fought with the Christians, Christians could consider themselves rebelling against the current system.
Over time, Christianity spread more widely and was far from everywhere was the teachings of protesters. For the first time, this religion became state in Greater Armenia in 301. A little later, Christianity began to become the state religion in the Roman Empire. At this time, the protest nature of Christianity was no longer discussed, on the contrary, it began to play the role of a union for the peoples of a country recognizing this religion as a state.
Later, Christianity began to break up into various branches - Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism. Here, a significant role has been played by politics. The rulers of the states did not want to influence the state affairs of the Pope or anyone else, and part of the churches went beyond the control of the Vatican and other Christian centers.
Every third inhabitant of the planet today considers himself a Christian. Among Christianity, the largest branch is Catholicism.
In the Middle Ages, the power of the church in Europe was great. Perhaps this is the time of the greatest influence of Christianity on society. Then everything from ordinary people to great scientists had to reckon with the opinion of the church, at the risk of disobedience being burned at the stake.
