The correct answer is C) there could be less emphasis on religion
The Humanism that is present in School of Athens focused on the importance of humans rather than the importance of religion and divine figures.
The School of Athens picture shows a school, a place where people go to elevate themselves through knowledge and research. Individuals are shown in the picture, people who actually existed but that are represented with faces of historical characters like Plato that wears the face of Leonardo Da Vinci.
By the third century, Christianity was well established in and around Greece and the Middle East, as well as in Rome, Alexandria, Carthage and a few cities such as Lyons in the 'barbarian' western Europe.
Christianity had largely failed to penetrate Egypt outside Alexandria, or much of western Europe. Even Italy, outside the city of Rome, seems to have largely resisted Christianity. It seems that the Egyptian and Celtic religions had not entered a period of decline and scepticism in the way that the Greco-Roman religion had done. However, there was no impediment to Christians preaching in those areas, other than a lack of interest on the part of the population.
Christian tradition suggests that the Christians suffered constant harrassment and persecution by the Roman authorities. However, Euan Cameron (Interpreting Christian History: The Challenge of the Churches' Past) says, "Contrary to popular tradition, the first three centuries of Christianity were not times of steady or consistent persecution. Persecution was sporadic, intermittent, and mostly local." Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) goes further and, on a number of occasions, praises the pagan Romans for their general tolerance towards Christianity. Widespread and persistent persecution of other faiths only really began with the Christian Empire.
There was a total of perhaps 12 years of official persecution of Christianity during nearly three hundred years in which Christianity existed in the pagan Empire. Otherwise, the Christians were largely allowed to worship as they pleased, and even to proselytise their faith, as long as they took care not to offend others or disturb the peace. This allowed Christianity to prosper and spread far and wide.
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Judicial Review gives the Supreme Court the power "<span>A. to review acts of congress and the president to decide if they are constitutional," since this is one way the Court "checks" the other branches of government. </span>
In spite of its seeming insignificance in a time of major empires, what major part did Austria play in stabilizing Europe, Austria helped to stabilize Europe by helping with land and defeating the Ottoman Turks. seemingly insignificant to this time period of great empires, Austria provided a great contribution when they halted Turkish advances into Europe, pushing them <span>out of the Balkans.</span>
