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Bemidji State University - Fall 2012 | ||
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Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries (Updated Edition) by Professor Ramsay Macmullen Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-300-08077-8 / 0300080778 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-08077-3 / 9780300080773 The slaughter of animals for religious feasts, the tinkling of bells to ward off evil during holy rites, the custom of dancing in religious services-these and many other pagan practices persisted in the Christian church for hundreds of years after Constantine proclaimed Christianity the one official |