Considering the fact that people where killed for supporting Christianity, "Christianity was by definition a mystery religion, and thus needed to have a clear separation between the faithful and the nonfaithful." When trying to figure out exactly what he wanted the churches to look like he didn’t want it to look like the ordinary Roman temple because it wouldn’t have been acceptable nor appropriate. Due to the fact that the roman temple was a representation on the pagan cult. Like mentioned before the Christians didn’t want their building to imitate any of the Roman temples. So they tired to do the complete opposite of what other religions did as far as decorating their buildings from the inside out. With the Roman temple unlike the basilica the “temples serve as treasuries and dwellings for the cult.” Most of the building consisted of arches and domes, the arches were used to support the building. The domes roofs provided a more open look to the building, it also enhances the look of the
Considering the fact that people where killed for supporting Christianity, "Christianity was by definition a mystery religion, and thus needed to have a clear separation between the faithful and the nonfaithful." When trying to figure out exactly what he wanted the churches to look like he didn’t want it to look like the ordinary Roman temple because it wouldn’t have been acceptable nor appropriate. Due to the fact that the roman temple was a representation on the pagan cult. Like mentioned before the Christians didn’t want their building to imitate any of the Roman temples. So they tired to do the complete opposite of what other religions did as far as decorating their buildings from the inside out. With the Roman temple unlike the basilica the “temples serve as treasuries and dwellings for the cult.” Most of the building consisted of arches and domes, the arches were used to support the building. The domes roofs provided a more open look to the building, it also enhances the look of the