Vatican City Research Paper

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In this section of the paper we are going to trace the history of the Vatican City and the origin of the Roman Catholic Church in great detail. Vatican City was founded in the year 1929. Therefore, as a political entity, it does not have much of history. The whole essence of the evolution of Vatican City is based on the Holy See and the Catholic Church. We will start with the history of the birth of Roman Catholicism.
In order to understand the birth of Roman Catholicism and Vatican City , we first need to follow the process on how the early church in Rome which had been persecuted obtain recognition from the Roman Empire. The church in Rome kept the undefiled truth of the early church in its initial stage but later it accepted various gods of Rome and religious customs when it became acknowledged as a Roman religion. This gave birth to the Roman Catholic Church that has the characteristics of Roman
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He preached the gospel of Christ to Palestine Asia Minor, Greece and finally in Rome. The church in Rome was not welcomed in its initial stage. This was because of the conflict between the monotheism of Christianity and the polytheism of Rome. The Romans believed that everything i.e. humans, places and goods was inhabited by divinity. As they accepted folk beliefs of the people they conquered, far more various gods and religions prospered in Rome. Christian monotheism that appeared in this age was in contrast to the polytheistic concept of Rome. The Roman emperors approved all the religions of the people they conquered in order to rule over them and to achieve their own political purposes. This(polytheism) came into conflict with Christianity and therefore, the Roman emperors persecuted the Christians. It is said to the darkest before the dawn. The early church in the dark times was oppressed by many emperors till the dawn arrived with the reign of Emperor Constantine in the 3rd