Ancient, Christianity, God's, their, Pagan, Goddesses, Romans, conciled

by Juliana Coutinho

Question by Sweetness and Light: How did ancient Romans conciled their pagan Gods and Goddesses with Christianity?

They even forbade the Olympic Games and the worship of the ancient Greek Gods and Godesses...




Best answer:

Answer by Elmyr
For one thing, they turned all the pagan festivals into Christian holidays.

Saturnalia - Christmas
Lupercalia - St. Valentine's Day
Vernal Equinox - Easter

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