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By Arthur Weigall,Paul Tice

ISBN-10: 1169756344

ISBN-13: 9781169756342

ISBN-10: 1585093289

ISBN-13: 9781585093281

It took 3 centuries after the loss of life of Jesus for Christianity to turn into an geared up faith, on the Council of Nicea in 325 advert. in this formative time it used to be tricky for Christianity to compete and continue to exist with the numerous different types of paganism. with a view to be successful and draw new converts into the fold, a few pagan ideals have been included into the Christian religion. this present day we don't realize those pagan gains, however the writer asserts that they're there and issues them out during this good researched booklet. Covers December twenty fifth because the birthday of the sun-god, Mithra, the impression of alternative pagan gods, the trinity, incredible occurrences, the composition of the recent testomony, the resurrection, the doctrine of atonement, and lots more and plenty extra. the writer believes that Christianity could be in line with the lessons of Christ, and never derived from different sources.

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