From a Christian perspective, we review the timeline leading up to the City of God, including the Christianization of St. Augustine and the Roman Empire. What led to St. Augustine's powerful manifesto on pagan-Christian relations? Let's start to unpack it.
Liberal modern scholars still bemoan the lost of paganism, and blame Christian zealots. But what exactly happened to paganism in Rome? And why did it fall so spectacularly after being the dominant religion for so long?
In the last blog post we discussed the beginning of the pagan breakdown of the Roman empire. This is a critical time in the history of Christianity that is often not discussed – how Rome completely overturned the dominant religion of the entire Empire, including its very heart in Rome. But it did not come without repentence.