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Christianity v. Islam

Muhammad became a great spiritual leader with the creation of his new religion. He taught that complete and total submission to Allah was the only way to receive salvation in the afterlife. This required a follower to follow strict rules known as the Five Pillars of Islam. "By the time of Muhammad's death in 632 he had united Arabs as never before into a coherent political-religious group, well organized, well armed, and inspired by a powerful new monotheistic religion." .
             By 400 C.E., Christianity had become a very dominant religion in the Mediterranean world. This was mainly obtained with the help of the Christian emperors of the fourth century. The most significant of these rulers was the Emperor Constantine, who in 313 granted Christians official toleration and protection. With this new protection, Christianity began to spread throughout the Roman Empire. Large aisled churches, developing rituals and texts, and the development of a clergy also helped to move the Christian religion into a more organized state. And as this organized state began to grow, Christianity began to spread even more. Suddenly there were monasteries beginning to spring up throughout Europe. .
             One of the founders of an early monastery in Jerusalem had a major impact on the spread of Christianity. This monastery specialized in the copying of manuscripts such as the works of Aristotle and other intellectuals. But it was this monastery's founder, Jerome, who made an impact in the realm of spreading the word of the Christian faith when he wrote the Vulgate Bible. This bible was the translation of the Greek and Hebrew versions of the Bible into a Latin version. This seemingly minor achievement enabled the Christian Bible to be more user friendly to entire Roman Empire for more people were able to understand and read Latin than Greek or Hebrew. With this development, the Christian scriptures and ideals could be preached in every corner of the Roman Empire and the Christian faith could know no boundaries.


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