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person living in the Empire more open and susceptible to Christ's message, a message which gave them hope of a better life hereafter, despite present poverty and misery. If the lower class had been well-treated and prosperous, they would probably have been less willing to believe in the next life; since this world had made them happy, what did they have to do with the next?

There were many factors which contributed to the spread of Christianity, but some of the most prominent and intriguing can be found in certain characteristics of Rome. The grand dimensions of the Empire, the fact that it encompassed so many different peoples, greatly aided in the spread of Christianity by enabling travel between such a great variety of nations over such a great area. The very cruelty of the Roman empires enlivened the faith of those already converted and converted yet more. And lastly, the oppressed nature of the subjects of the Roman Empire made the message of Christ welcome to these lower classes. God has a purpose behind everything, a plan guiding even the rise of the Roman Empire, writes St. Augustine. It seems to me that God allowed the rise of the Roman Empire so it could become the vehicle by which Christ's message would be spread throughout the ancient world.

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