roman occupation

Christianity did not develop in a vacuum. Nor did it simply come into existence with the death of Jesus and his alleged resurrection (more on that later). When the apostle Paul (who lived Saul of Tarshish and true founder of Christianity) took his gospel message of Jesus to the Jews, they were not interested. When those efforts failed, he tried to convert Romans. By the end of the 1st Century it is estimated that 10% of the Roman Empire had already converted to some form of Judaism. Roman polit