tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post7712547753219993866..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: How Should We Then Live? Chapter OneBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-52754187535728954942007-06-04T10:02:00.000-07:002007-06-04T10:02:00.000-07:00I suppose it depends on whether one buys anything ...I suppose it depends on whether one buys anything remotely close to Stark's thesis that by the time of Constantine's conversion Christians composed about 50% of the population (and certainly didn't decline in numbers before 381, much less afterward.)<BR/><BR/>Be that as it may, there was a pretty big push starting with Theodosius in 381 (if not before) to top-downing an acceptance of ChristianityJason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-72744379597567983412007-06-04T08:37:00.000-07:002007-06-04T08:37:00.000-07:00Jason,Here's what Schaeffer has to say about the e...Jason,<BR/><BR/>Here's what Schaeffer has to say about the empire's conversion to Christianity:<BR/><BR/><I>Even though Emperor Constantine ended the persecution of the Chritians and Christianity became first (in 313) a legal religion, and then (in 381) the official state religion of the Empire, the majoiry of the people went on in their old ways.</I><BR/><BR/>Thus, he appears to argue that the BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-84294809943991979732007-06-04T08:29:00.000-07:002007-06-04T08:29:00.000-07:00SlaveofOne,I came to Schaeffer after I was called ...SlaveofOne,<BR/><BR/>I came to Schaeffer after I was called to Christianity. Glad to hear we share a passion for his writings.BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-6722601847319804392007-06-04T06:41:00.000-07:002007-06-04T06:41:00.000-07:00Um. At the risk of sounding overly picky, does Sch...Um. At the risk of sounding overly picky, does Schaeffer have anything to say about the fact that the western and eastern halves of the Empire fell after converting to Christianity? (And became western and eastern halves at all during this final phase of its existence?)<BR/><BR/>Admittedly, Chesterton would point out that even though the ship went down after the cross was nailed to the mast, the Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-79979394924394101162007-06-03T20:25:00.000-07:002007-06-03T20:25:00.000-07:00Francis Schaeffer's trilogy (which you mention) is...Francis Schaeffer's trilogy (which you mention) is the one book (volume) I recommend more than any other to everyone. Schaeffer changed my entire life. I will literally never be the same either in this life or the life to come because of him.<BR/>--former despairing existentialistslaveofonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493574936843969520noreply@blogger.com