Which church is described as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the material?

Which church is described as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the material?

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

Answer: (D)

The material describes the church that became the official, state-supported church in the Eastern, or Byzantine, part of the Roman Empire. This branch is the Eastern Orthodox Church, centered in Constantinople and preserving the traditional liturgy and authority of early Christianity as it developed in the East. Christianity became the empire’s favored religion in the 4th century, and over time the eastern church solidified its role as the empire’s official church, long before the later split between East and West. The Roman Catholic Church emerges as a Western branch after that split, Protestantism appears much later in history, and Judaism is not the state religion of this empire.

The material describes the church that became the official, state-supported church in the Eastern, or Byzantine, part of the Roman Empire. This branch is the Eastern Orthodox Church, centered in Constantinople and preserving the traditional liturgy and authority of early Christianity as it developed in the East.

Christianity became the empire’s favored religion in the 4th century, and over time the eastern church solidified its role as the empire’s official church, long before the later split between East and West. The Roman Catholic Church emerges as a Western branch after that split, Protestantism appears much later in history, and Judaism is not the state religion of this empire.