Latest book to my collection. "The Rise of Western Christendom" by Peter Brown. Remember again friends, Europe wasn't always Chrisitian. And it didn't become fully Chrisitian overnight, with everyone suddenly thinking Jesus is better than Poseidon or Zeus or Baal or Odin. Christianity expanded and conquered step by step, one by one, town by town, year by year, legislation by legislation, sword upon sword. It took a thousand years (0 to 1000 AD) for Western Europe to become completely Christian. If you asked a pagan in 400 or 500 AD if he thought his religion would go completely extinct, he would have said NO. Yet here we are. Stay tuned to this thread as I post interesting extracts from this amazing book.
Christian - pagan bhāicāra explained by the historian Peter Brown on how Christians destroyed pagan temples out of love. x.com
Christians were worse than Muslims when it came to destroying temples. Islam is a cheaper imitation of Chrisitanity. Extract from Peter Brown's "The Rise of Western Christendom"
More Pagan- Christian Bhāicāra - does this highlight in pink remind you of Gyanvapi? x.com
More Pagan- Christian Bhāicāra - does this highlight in pink remind you of Gyanvapi? x.com
Omg this book by Peter Brown on Christianity is the best. Of course, Christians are the pioneers in shifting goalposts as to defining who is a "good Chrisitian". For the initial generation, love your neighbor makes you a good Chrisitian, but for a later generation, converting your neighbor makes you a good Christian. Initially, pagan practices are okay and good, later they need to be removed as they are remnants of heathenic rituals.
How it all began ✝️
Emperor Constantine
"The altars of the gods stood ready, on the Capitol, to receive the sacrifice appropriate to the celebration of his victorious entry into the city. But Constantine, apparently, went straight to the imperial palace without performing any sacrifice. At the time, Constantine’s oversight might not have been interpreted as a breach with the old religion".....
...."It was in this pointed absence of piety toward the gods, as the traditional guardians of the empire, that his subjects came to realize that their emperor (Constantine) was a Christian"
Source: Peter Brown - The Rise of Western Christendom
Emperor Constantine
"The altars of the gods stood ready, on the Capitol, to receive the sacrifice appropriate to the celebration of his victorious entry into the city. But Constantine, apparently, went straight to the imperial palace without performing any sacrifice. At the time, Constantine’s oversight might not have been interpreted as a breach with the old religion".....
...."It was in this pointed absence of piety toward the gods, as the traditional guardians of the empire, that his subjects came to realize that their emperor (Constantine) was a Christian"
Source: Peter Brown - The Rise of Western Christendom
From Peter Brown, "The Rise of Western Christendom"
Christians and Muslims never treat polytheistic religions as living religions. They may be temporarily tolerated till the eventual triumph of the ✝️ or ☪️.
Source for ref 6
Codex Theodosianus 9.16.2 x.com
Christians and Muslims never treat polytheistic religions as living religions. They may be temporarily tolerated till the eventual triumph of the ✝️ or ☪️.
Source for ref 6
Codex Theodosianus 9.16.2 x.com
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