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I would look up the Arian Controversy before asserting there was no religious fanaticism. There were many such disputes in the late empire, some attended by con
by hodgesrm 6y ago
I would look up the Arian Controversy before asserting there was no religious fanaticism. There were many such disputes in the late empire, some attended by considerable bloodshed.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoEarly Christianity had some splits, but they primarily happened in the Eastern Mediterranean. Some Germanics were still Arian, they were usually tolerant though. Religious fanatics were around, but there wasn't a strong wave of fanaticism in that period. Losing access to Greek did far more damage than losing Arian theology.