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Jan 1, 1996 · MacMullen's examination of the interactions of Christianity and Paganism in Late Antiquity is a provocative one. He disputes earlier historiography, claiming that polytheistic beliefs and practices lingered in Christianity much longer than previously thought (indeed down to the present day) and that Christian persecutions of polytheists have distorted our understanding of the vitality of ...
Feb 14, 2022 · Christianity is a Lot Like Paganism Most people see Christianity and Paganism as two very separate, very different religions. Paganism predates Christianity by thousands to millions of years.
Jan 1, 1996 · MacMullen's examination of the interactions of Christianity and Paganism in Late Antiquity is a provocative one. He disputes earlier historiography, claiming that polytheistic beliefs and practices lingered in Christianity much longer than previously thought (indeed down to the present day) and that Christian persecutions of polytheists have distorted our understanding of the vitality of ...
Feb 1, 2020 · Christianity and Paganism. February 1, 2020 · Fr. Stephen De Young. An area fraught with disagreement is the relationship of Christianity to what has been called paganism. The latter term itself presents some difficulty as it is a later coinage used to describe earlier religious forms. It is not a term used by the people whose practice it ...
Summary This chapter argues that the roots of late antique religious intolerance can be found earlier, in the period before Constantine, and that it arose from an increasingly close dependence of t...
Whether Constantine sincerely converted to Christianity or remained loyal to paganism is a matter of debate among historians. His formal conversion in 312 is almost universally acknowledged among historians, [1] [3] despite that it was claimed he was baptized only on his deathbed by the Arian bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia in 337; [4] [5] [6] the ...
Nov 5, 2015 · Christians and the Invention of Paganism in the Late Roman Empire; By Thomas Jürgasch, scientific assistant at the Faculty of Theology, University of Freiburg Edited by Michele Renee Salzman, University of California, Riverside, Marianne Sághy, Central European University, Budapest, Rita Lizzi Testa, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
