CH 10

Christianity had begun to spread during this time. Even today, there is a large number of Asian countries that have a large Christian following. Even in Africa Christianity had spread. Latin America still is mainly Catholic. In the Byzantine Empire church and state were one, unlike others like the Romans, the Catholic church was still separate from politics. The Byzantine people were expected to be apart of the Orthodox church. The church had helped the government in some of their decision making process as one unit and not separate. Russia slowly converted to Orthodox Christianity. This was a direct reflection of the diverse cultures in that area of Finnic, Baltic and Viking traders. There was also people of Christianity, Muslim, and Jewish, in small numbers throughout the area. The Prince didn't like the diversity and changed to Eastern Orthodox, from the Byzantine Empire.

With religions trying to compete for unity among the citizens and getting rid of other religions in their areas, Crusaders went on journeys to spread their word of God and their religion of choice. Known as the "holy wars" (Strayer, 434), it was about war taken at God's command. Religions were almost at war with each other fighting for their own God's ruling of faith.



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