Christianity, major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth (the Christ, or the Anointed One of God) in the 1st century ce.It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused of all faiths. In this book, professor Alvin J. Schmidt does an excellent job of tracing out how Christianity has influenced our world - and especially the West. Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world, with more than 2 billion followers. After Constantine, the Christianization of the Roman empire would continue apace. Dr. James Kennedy writes, “Life was expendable prior to Christianity’s influence… It has a constituency of more than two billion believers. Israel stands almost central to the five continents, dividing the east and west. Another factor, which many scholars believe to be the single most important in the spread of Christianity, is the Pax Romana. SUMMARY CHARTS Chapter 1 Early Christianity Under Roman Emperors 40-43 Chapter 2 Mores of Human Life 71 Chapter 3 The Morality of Sex and Marriage 92 Chapter 4 The Role and Status of Women 120-21 Chapter 5 Development and Maintenance of Christian Charity and Compassion 145 Chapter 6 Origin and Development of Hospitals 164 Chapter 7 Milestones in Education: Christianity's Influence 188 Chapter … Both had derived form the growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire and therefore and much in common. By the 5th century, Christianity was the empire’s predominant faith, and filled the same role paganism had at the end of the 3rd century. In each chapter, he focuses on a different realm of human endeavor, from education to medicine to literature, and beyond, and shows how Christianity has benefited each of these areas. Geograpicly, Christianity came into being in the Meditation world, the largest of the various centers of civilization at that time. In this lengthy work, Alvin Schmidt does an excellent and thorough job of showing how Christianity and the teachings of Christ have changed the world for the better. How Christianity Changed the World is worthy of the commitment it takes to finish. How Christianity Changed the World is a topically arranged Christian history for Christians and non- Christians. He traces the impact of Christianity on values that many in the world take for granted. Paul was responsible for bringing Christianity to Ephesus, Corinth, Philippi, and Thessalonica. How Christianity Changed the World is a topically arranged Christian history for Christians and non-Christians. Under Theodosius I (r. 378-395), Christianity became the state religion. Former professor of sociology Dr. Alvin Schmidt notes Elwood Cubberly’s observation that the biblical teachings of Jesus Christ challenged “almost everything for which the Roman world had stood” (How Christianity Changed the World, Schmidt, p. 44). -the most lasting and deepest division within the Christian world occurred as Eastern Orthodoxy came to define itself against an emerging Latin Christianity centered on papal Rome.