The Christianization of Dacia

# The Christianization of Dacia The Roman conquest of Dacia created favorable conditions for the spread of Christianity in the northern part of the Danube River (Dunării). Missionaries, settlers, soldiers, traders, and slaves spread the faith. The third century saw an increase in lay missionaries...

# The Christianization of Dacia The Roman conquest of Dacia created favorable conditions for the spread of Christianity in the northern part of the Danube River (Dunării). Missionaries, settlers, soldiers, traders, and slaves spread the faith. The third century saw an increase in lay missionaries due to Christian captives brought by the Goths from Asia Minor, where Christianity was already established. Some of these captives became bishops and priests. Until 313 AD, Christianity faced obstacles, considered "religio illicita" (illegal religion). The withdrawal of Roman forces from Dacia in 271/275 AD, supported by the return of the Campia Munteniei region to imperial control under Constantine the Great, aided the further spread of Christianity across the Carpathian-Danube region. Sources indicate the existence of church organizations in the Carpathian-Danube area. Following the Edict of Mediolanum in 313 AD, records demonstrate approximately 15 episcopal sees on the right bank of the Danube, in Roman provinces such as Pannonia Inferior, Dacia Ripensis, and Moesia Inferior (modern-day Serbia and Bulgaria).