Religion

Essential Questions: What were the various religions that existed during the Medieval period? Why was religion so important?

== **During the Medievil period there were two religions, Christianity and Catholic.**==

** ﻿Christianity **
==Christianity is the religious belief and practice taught by Jesus Christ in Palestine during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius (42 BC- AD 37). Starting with about 120 Christians, Christianity was seen as a threat to the Roman== ==Empire as Christians refused to worship the Roman gods or the Emperor. This resulted in the persecution of the early Christians, many were killed and became martyrs to the Christian religion. Emperor Constantine I legalised Christianity in AD ca. 285 - AD 337.==

**﻿Catholic**

==The word Catholic means universal or whole. It derives from the Middle English word 'catholik' and from the old French 'catholique' and the Latin word 'catholicus'. The Roman Catholic Church controlled religion, philosophy, morals, politics, art and education.==