rainerann
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Yah, I don't think you have done enough research. So there was once a place called Corinth, which is in Greece, and a man name Paul. He wrote a couple letters to the Greek converts of this place.
From this letter we get the famous verse about love that is often used in weddings. It goes:
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.…"(1 Corinthians 13:4-8).
So where you are getting the impression that this proves that Greek conversion was some sort of violent overthrow, you are very mistaken. Some of the earliest churches were established in Greece.
Many people in Greece voluntarily converted to Christianity. They weren't forced to convert. Christianity for many years never tried to assume positions of power. They existed as an entity building churches and teaching people to love others.
We even still have the Greek orthodox church today, which demonstrates that Greek conversion was not a fad they ever did away with even if they could have gone back to their previous beliefs many, many, many times.
In the last 2000 years, they have had countless opportunities to do this. The Roman empire has not existed in the last 1000 years to try to take this opportunity away from them. They have not done this and have continued to practice Greek orthodoxy instead because some of the earliest churches existed in Greece and their conversion was not created by the force of the Romans. The Orthodox church demonstrates that Greece is a foundational location of the Christian church. That is why it did not disappear when the Roman empire fell.
So question. Why did Greece continue to practice Christianity after the Roman empire fell over a thousand years ago?
From this letter we get the famous verse about love that is often used in weddings. It goes:
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.…"(1 Corinthians 13:4-8).
So where you are getting the impression that this proves that Greek conversion was some sort of violent overthrow, you are very mistaken. Some of the earliest churches were established in Greece.
Many people in Greece voluntarily converted to Christianity. They weren't forced to convert. Christianity for many years never tried to assume positions of power. They existed as an entity building churches and teaching people to love others.
We even still have the Greek orthodox church today, which demonstrates that Greek conversion was not a fad they ever did away with even if they could have gone back to their previous beliefs many, many, many times.
In the last 2000 years, they have had countless opportunities to do this. The Roman empire has not existed in the last 1000 years to try to take this opportunity away from them. They have not done this and have continued to practice Greek orthodoxy instead because some of the earliest churches existed in Greece and their conversion was not created by the force of the Romans. The Orthodox church demonstrates that Greece is a foundational location of the Christian church. That is why it did not disappear when the Roman empire fell.
So question. Why did Greece continue to practice Christianity after the Roman empire fell over a thousand years ago?
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