Monday, December 2, 2024

"When u 1st get Christians appearing, they will often worship Jesus alongside worshipping their own Gods": Catherine Nixey on early Christians

 33 minutes in - "This was a really strange idea...and initially when you first get Christians appearing"

 

 https://www.academia.edu/12802325/The_Mesopotamian_Origins_of_Byzantine_Symbolism_and_Early_Christian_Iconography

 

Catherine Nixey...44 minutes in....

 Augustine lays the intellectual foundation for the Inquisition. It's Augustine who argues very strongly that if people don't believe in Christianity, that's not o.k. Before you might believe in Zeus and I might believe in Mithras....and we're fine together. Now, with Augustine....it's not just not ok, it's my duty as a Christian to convert...St. Augustine says, "You should take a rod, and if necessary, you must use physical force."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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