(April 14, 2019 at 1:15 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: Sure, ultimately, the development of the proto christian faith is moot point today - but if you're into the sort of stuff..or you're a believer who has strange ideas about how this all happened (like acro, for example..or pretty much any average christer), it's worth knowing.
They certainly had the high ground when they were handing out cake. The truth on this is better than the fiction, really. Huge demos of the pop had suffered under official abandonment. The early faith filled that void - or, you know..magic man, martyrs, lions and tigers and bears. One set of things is silly fiction, the other is a legitimate and admirable cause and reason for growth.
I may or may not know my history. But is it not true that they were a religious minority at one point? It's a matter of documentation... How we interpret that documentation today is a matter of interpretation.
