The Triumph of Christianity
The growth of Christianity before Constantine, as well as the motives of his conversion, have been variously explained by various authors. Gibbon IX assigns five causes: “1. The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians, derived, it is true, from the Jewish religion, but purified from the narrow and unsoci
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“Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years”
Although the very first Christian converts in the West may have been made by full-time missionaries, the conversion process soon became self-sustaining as new converts accepted the obligation to spread their faith and did so by missionizing their immediate circle of intimates. This offended many pagans and has confused some historians. Pagans saw s
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