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For the early Christians, "pagan" referred to a multitude of unbelievers: Greek and Roman devotees of the Olympian gods, and "barbarians" such as Arabs and Germans with their own array of deities. But while these groups were clearly outsiders or idolaters, who and what was pagan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Christopher P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
30-600
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and other religions > Paganism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Paganism > Relations > Christianity.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Paganisme > Relations > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christianity
Church history > Primitive and early church
Interfaith relations
Paganism
Frühchristentum
Heidentum
Spätantike
Église > Histoire > Église > 30-600 (Église primitive)
Paganisme > Christianisme > Relations.
Hedendom.
Fornkyrkan.
Kyrkohistoria.
Kristendom och andra religioner > historia.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The perception of paganism
  • Constantine
  • After Constantine: indifference and intolerance
  • God and other divinities
  • Idolatry
  • Sacrifice, blood, and prayer
  • Debate
  • Conversion
  • The West
  • The East
  • Conclusion. The persistence of paganism
  • Appendix. Was Macrobius a Christian?

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