The Influence of Christianity upon the Roman Empire

It has commonly been taken for granted that Christianity must have had a great and beneficent influence upon the Roman Empire, within which it had its origin and whose official religion it finally became. This not unnatural assumption is, however, very difficult to substantiate. One may recognize th...

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Main Author: McGiffert, Arthur Cushman (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1909
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1909, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-49
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