(April 19, 2014 at 2:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Just like every culture had a beginning of winter festival so also did they have a beginning of spring festival. The xtians just tacked (pun intended) their godboy onto one.
A clever move, really, because it meant that people were more likely to convert if they didn't have to give up cherished customs.
InterpretatioChristiana
Quote:Reformatting traditional religious and cultural activities and beliefs into a Christianized form was officially sanctioned; preserved in the Venerable Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum is a letter from Pope Gregory I to Mellitus, arguing that conversions were easier if people were allowed to retain the outward forms of their traditions, while claiming that the traditions were in honour of the Christian God, "to the end that, whilst some gratifications are outwardly permitted them, they may the more easily consent to the inward consolations of the grace of God".[3] In essence, it was intended that the traditions and practices still existed, but that the reasoning behind them was altered.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?
