It also shared links with other Roman and pagan festivals, showcasing the interconnectedness of ancient traditions. So when Christianity began to spread throughout the Roman Empire, it encountered ...

Indeed the Christians often claim, "We are the most ethical part of your empire. We behave better than the rest of you. Why would you want to persecute us?" CHRISTIAN PARTICIPATION IN PAGAN ...

[In the Roman Empire] you have an enormous set of religious ... their private little chapels and so from the perspective of a pagan walking down the street of some of these cities, it probably ...

a local priest refused to obey the local representative of the Empire. A Seleucid military unit had set up a pagan altar in the village of Modi’in, in the foot-hills of Judea, 27 km (17 miles ...

However it soon became tolerated. The earliest Christian object found in Wales is a vessel with the ancient Christian symbol ...

When is Christmas celebration meritorious?Before going to the merit of Christmas celebration, let us first take a brief look at its origin. Some claim that it i ...

A Roman coin of the last pagan emperor which might have been deliberately ... converted to Christianity and by the AD350s it was the empire's official religion. Dr Marsden said his nephew Julian ...