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As for +Paul, trouble was his last name. It is safe to say that the Church did not (and does not teach everything he taught.

So are you saying that Paul's statement, "What you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you" (Acts 17:23) is false?

If so, do you also think Jesus spoke falsely when He told the Samaritan woman "You worship that which you do not know" (John 4:22)?

-A8

So are you saying that Paul's statement, "What you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you" (Acts 17:23) is false?

+Paul skillfully used the occasion to preach Christ. That's all.

The Greeks Fathers speak of other religions as having sporoi ("seeds") of truth, but not truth itself. If we assume that we do not know true God, then we truly worship idols and our faith is no closer to true God than any other. That's not what Christianity professes.

If so, do you also think Jesus spoke falsely when He told the Samaritan woman "You worship that which you do not know" (John 4:22)?

The rest of that verse says "we [Jews] worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews."

As Christians, we cannot agree with that; neither can we assert that Jews know because they steadfastly reject Christ; nor can we say that salvation cames from the Jews, but a Jew whose followers are all Gentiles.