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=Christianization of the West=

Christians were not under persecution for a significant amount of time

Christians lived in small urban groups during the first three centuries of the Common Era, before Constantine's reign.

At the beginning of the fourth century, Christianity was a small religion with small clusters of believers in some towns of the roman empire. divided into several sects or heresies.

It was Constantine the Great who gave Christianity privileges, with suppressing other religions and other Christian heresies, that ultimately lead to the dominant role of the Christian Church.

Reasons
MacCullen suggest that Christians forming small secretive groups played a major part on Christianity becoming popular. being a