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Old 07-21-2010, 09:52 PM
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Default What impact or influence did Greco-Roman religions and philosophy have on early Chris

What impact or influence did Greco-Roman religions and philosophy have on early Christianity?
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Old 07-23-2010, 09:52 PM
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Dont promote conversions.They give ultimate birth to terrorism.lets save civilizations from these deadly weapons born from conversions.
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Old 07-24-2010, 09:52 PM
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In the 4Th century St. Augustine converted Christian theology into Noe-Platonism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm
This lasted until 900 years until Aquinas in the 13 century converted Christianity to Aristotelianism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm
Only a few years before Augustine was born, "Diocletian commanded Christian churches to be destroyed, their Sacred Books to be delivered up and burnt, while they themselves were outlawed.....A hundred years earlier Tertullian had taught that flight from persecution was not permissible. Some now went beyond this, and voluntarily gave themselves up to martyrdom as Christians."
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05121a.htm
Angels were seldom represented in Christian art before Constantine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01485a.htm
Questions about the relationship of the Father to the Son "gave rise, between the years A.D. 60 and 200, to a number of Theosophic systems, called generally Gnosticism, and having for their authors Basilides, Valentinus, Tatian, and other Greek speculators."
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01707c.htm
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:52 PM
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Please read the Epistle to Romans. Apostle Paul wrote that in order to counteract the Greco-Roman religions. Also in the Revelation, (2:8-17) it also mentioned how God would clean up those poison from Greco-Roman religions.
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Certain sources state that Christmas Day falls on the 25Th of December to incorporate the birth of the Ancient Roman deity Sol Invictus to cajole Romans to embrace Christianity.

Moreover, Mithraism(an Ancient Roman cult) was a belief in the son of the sun who also came to earth to rescue mankind from itself. The similarities in the stories of Jesus and Mithras cannot be overlooked as an aid in Christian growth. Early Christians may have embroiled both religions to cajole followers as the cults and religions already accepted were extremely popular especially among the soldiers and legionnaires of Rome.

The following link comprises the information regarding the influences of Roman paganism and other religions on Christianity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_and_Paganism#Possible_pagan_influence s_on_Christianity
The link below comprises the inform
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