What is described as the official religion of the Roman Empire?

What is described as the official religion of the Roman Empire?

• A. Roman Catholic Church
• B. Islam
• C. Judaism
• D. Eastern Orthodox Church

Answer: (D)

The main idea is that Christianity became the official faith of the later Roman Empire, backed by the state. In the eastern part of the empire, this state-supported Christian tradition developed into what historians call the Eastern Orthodox Church, which served as the primary church of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) realm. Islam and Judaism were not state religions of the empire, and the Roman Catholic Church represents the Western branch that grew separate after the empire’s divisions. Since the eastern empire’s official, organized church tradition is most closely linked with the Eastern Orthodox Church, that option fits best.

The main idea is that Christianity became the official faith of the later Roman Empire, backed by the state. In the eastern part of the empire, this state-supported Christian tradition developed into what historians call the Eastern Orthodox Church, which served as the primary church of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) realm. Islam and Judaism were not state religions of the empire, and the Roman Catholic Church represents the Western branch that grew separate after the empire’s divisions. Since the eastern empire’s official, organized church tradition is most closely linked with the Eastern Orthodox Church, that option fits best.