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> according to http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/gate-to-hell-f... http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/gate-to-hell-f..., it was in the 6t

by peeters 14y ago

> according to http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/gate-to-hell-f... http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/gate-to-hell-f..., it was in the 6th century AD ...Wouldn't that fail a reasonable definition of "early Christian"? At that point Christianity had been the state church of Rome for 150 years.

pohl 14y ago
...Wouldn't that fail a reasonable definition of "early Christian"? There may be a reasonable definition of "early Christian" that it fails, but it certainly wouldn't fail all reasonable definitions of the phrase.