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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Hippolytus of Rome... Africanus

Looks like this article summarizes that.

So I guess that implies that it was actually the other way around, that Sol Invictus' birthday was selected to coincide w/ Jesus' birthday.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, more or less. Spitballing, but it's probably still more related to the Sun. The 25th would've been on of the first days studious Romans could tell the daytime was growing longer.

    This whole period in Roman History is extremely cool. Maybe not to live in though lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I really need to pick up some books about early Christianity and its relationship to the Roman Empire. Certainly cool history.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    My first rec would be Rod Bennett's The Early Church in Her Own Words. It's a good starting point that grounds you in what the early authors of Christianity were thinking and discussing.

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