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Christianity and Paganism : ウィキペディア英語版 | Christianity and Paganism
Early Christianity developed in an era of the Roman Empire during which many religions were practiced, that are, due to the lack of a better term, labeled paganism. Paganism is commonly used to refer to various, largely unconnected religions from the time period, such as the Greco-Roman religions of the Roman Empire, including the Roman imperial cult, the various mystery religions, monotheistic religions such as Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, and more localized religions practiced both inside and outside the Empire. During the Middle Ages the term was also adapted to refer to religions practiced outside the former Roman Empire, such as Germanic paganism and Slavic paganism. From the point of view of the early Christians these religions all qualified as ethnic (or gentile, ''ethnikos'', ''gentilis'', the term translating ''goyim'', later rendered as ''paganus'') in contrast with Second Temple Judaism. Since the Council of Jerusalem, the Christian Apostles accepted both Jewish and pagan converts, and there was a precarious balance between the Jewish believers, insisting on the obedience to the Mosaic Laws by all Christians, on one hand, and Gentile Christians, developed in the gentile missionary context, on the other, resulting in many Christian views on the Old Covenant. ==Pagan influences on Christianity==
In the course of the Christianisation of Europe in the Early Middle Ages, the Christian churches adopted many elements of national cult and folk religion,〔G. Barna and F. Viola (2008), ''Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices'', BarnaBooks.〕 resulting in national churches like Latin, Germanic, Russian, Armenian, Greek and so on. Some Pagan ceremonies were brought in and the festivals became modern holidays as pagans joined the early church.〔 The Pagan vernal equinox celebration was 'Christianized'〔 and then referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary or Annunciation of the Lord and celebrated as the Feast of the Annunciation. The Germanic Pagan solstice celebrations (Midsummer festivals) are also sometimes referred to by Neopagans and others as ''Litha'', stemming from Bede's ''De temporum ratione'' and the fire festival or Litha was a tradition for many pagans. This pagan holiday was basically brought in and given a name change, and in Christianity was then associated with the nativity of John the Baptist, which now is observed on the same day, June 24, in the Catholic, Orthodox and some Protestant churches. It is six months before Christmas because Luke 1:26 and Luke 1.36 imply that John the Baptist was born six months earlier than Jesus, although the Bible does not say at which time of the year this happened.〔http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/was-jesus-born-on-december-25-faq.htm〕
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