medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> . In choosing the 25th for the birthday of
> Christ, the Church was setting up a direct challenge to the
> pagan system
Or was, perhaps, Christianity, at least in part, being coopted as an
official imperial cult, to replace that of the Unconquered Sun?
Curiously,
Jim Bugslag
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