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To: Vanders9

True. The invention of ‘patron saints’ made Christianity more appealing to the Greek and Roman pagan mind that felt their different gods had varying responsibilities and that one god was not enough to manage the earth, let alone a universe.


70 posted on 05/11/2011 3:28:12 PM PDT by MeganC (NO WAR FOR OIL! ........except when a Democrat's in charge.)
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To: MeganC

“The invention of ‘patron saints’ made Christianity more appealing to the Greek and Roman pagan mind...”

See post 71


73 posted on 05/11/2011 4:35:35 PM PDT by bronxville (Sarah will be the first American female president.)
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