Politics Christians should be good citizens of their communities, states, and nations, while remembering that their allegiance is always owed to God first.
Rome and the Church Rome entered history as a world power more than 700 years before the birth of Jesus. Rome progressed from a city-state to a republic, with the city of Rome being a main hub of culture and trade. By Jesus' time, it was the most powerful empire in the Western world. Find out more about the history of Rome and its relationship to the Christian community of that day in this week's article.