Giselle Aguiar+ | October 31, 2011
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series History of Religion and the Christian ChurchWhat is religion? It is a set of beliefs that explain what life is all about, who we are, and the most important things that human beings should spend their time doing. ~The Reason for God, Timothy Keller Man [...]
Category: Christianity |
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Tags: beliefs, Bible, Catholic Church, Catholic saints, Christian church, Christianity, Faith, gods, paganism, religion
Giselle Aguiar+ | October 18, 2011
In doing research for my novel, Deo Volente! (God Willing): Love in the First Century, I had to study Roman Mythology. The Romans stole the gods from the Greeks. The objective of having so many gods was to explain natural phenomena. There was a god for everything and a festival for every god.
Category: Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Roman Mythology |
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Tags: Ancient Rome, beliefs, Catholic saints, Christianity, festivals, idolatry, idols, paganism, patron saint festivals, patron saints, Pompeii, religion, Roman Empire, Roman gods, Vesuvius, worship
