In chapter nine, The New Jerusalem, Constantine was now the emperor in the West. He had always attributed his rise to the Christian God, even though he was not understanding of the theology. Christianity was now one of the largest and most popular religions of the empire. The Temple remaining in ruins was proof that God no longer desired sacrifices, he wanted us to follow what Jesus preached. There was now controversy on doctrine. Believing in Jesus for Christians was not the questions, it was what meant to and for them. There was no set doctrine; they did not what Jesus being God actually meant. Conflict grew and people started to take sides. Like Athanasius and Eusebius had very differing opinions. Athanasius thought of salvation as an important achievement and Eusebius saw it as great task that was a revelation of God to us. These differing views helped for new Christianity. When tomb was …show more content…
He called for help from Syria and Asia, rewarded areas that didn’t take on Christianity, elected pagan priests, and slowly removed Christians from rule. The emperor was going to rebuild the Temple, but while construction was being done an earthquake hit Jerusalem and ruined the efforts. The Emperor dies and is taken off by a Christian, Jovian. He banned all Jews from Jerusalem. A Spanish Christian became emperor and declared a new Christian creed of the Roman empire. Jerusalem stayed Nicene Orthodoxy. Other did break off because of theology difference; mostly regarding Jesus’ divinity and humanity. Christians ended up being overjoyed, their holy city was restored to them and they would not let go this time. Christians now saw Jerusalem as “the center of the world, the source of life, fertility, salvation, and enlightenment.” The return of Jerusalem to the Christian empire seemed like an act of God. Now that people had died for their city, it became even more meaningful to