(December 22, 2011 at 2:41 pm)Epimethean Wrote: I think the Goths of antiquity, among other polytheistic peoples, had some rather nasty religious habits.
Weren't the goths christians, just not catholic christians a bit like the cathars?
Quote:The conversion of the Goths to Christianity was a relatively swift process, facilitated on the one hand by the assimilation of (primarily female) Christian captives into Gothic society[5] and on the other by a general equation of participation in Roman society with adherence to Christianity.[6] Within a few generations of their appearance on the borders of the Empire in 238 AD, the conversion of the Goths to Christianity was nearly all-inclusive. The Christian cross appeared on coins in Gothic Crimea shortly after the Edict of Tolerance was issued by Galerius in 311 AD, and a bishop by the name of Theophilas Gothiae was present at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.[4] However, fighting between Pagan and Christian Goths continued throughout this period, and religious persecutions - echoing the Diocletianic Persecution (302-11 AD) - occurred frequently. The Christian Goths Wereka, Batwin and others were martyred by order of Wingourichos ca. 370 AD, and Saba was martyred by order of Athanaric in 372 AD.
ooh they had a mix of faiths.
You live and learn.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
