Sentences with phrase «abhorred christianity»

A pagan mystic, he abhorred Christianity, and moreover he saw a resumption of persecution as a way of reflecting the finances of the empire, which were disastrous at the time.
This idea is one of the reasons the ancient Roman populace abhorred Christianity, they perceived it as ritual cannibalism.

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How do you reconcile using Augustine as an arbiter on Christianity when you plainly abhor the teachings of the Catholic Church, which he helped write?
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