Jim Connoly wrote:
>This is just a thought, but is it possible that the
>Christian faith in late and sub- Roman Britain, had
>become part of a multithestic faith. What I mean is
>that isn't it possible that the Christian God was
>taken to be part of a pantheon including other gads
>from Saturn to Mithras, and Isis.
>
>Because of this mix up would it then be easier for
>Bede to ignore this 'paganism' completely, rendering
>the advent of Augustine much more important that it
>may have seemed at the time.
Curious idea. I'd want to see some evidence, archaeological or literary.
I must admit skepticism.
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