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Paganism which was found across western and northern Europe is Polytheism. Christianity a Gentile version of Judaism is normally classified as Monotheism, The primary difference between the two is that monolatry is the worship of one god. Polytheism is the belief in or worship of multiple deities, such as gods and goddesses. Germanic paganism, Norse paganism which was found across western and northern Europe was outlawed and demonised by the Christians in the 5th century. The Christian missionaries aimed at converting Germanic nobility first, which would then impose their new faith on the general population. The missionaries knew if they converted the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms rulers first. England would fall under the rule of the Christians & the Pope Gregory the Great would rule over the whole of Europe. In the 9th century the Christian domination of Europe was complete after the Anglo-Saxons were the last pagans to be converted to Christianity.
How the Christians converted the Anglo-Saxon nobility was easy once you understand the Anglo-Saxon traditions & belief of equality. The Nobility & the community were as one under one set of codes. The Nobility were just as accountable for honouring the codes of the tribe. Anybody could be vanquished from the tribe or put to death if any of strict codes of conduct were broken. The Christians knew of this & easily converted the Nobility to the belief system of One all forgiving God who allowed these codes to be broken as long as you serve their God and repent unto him. This act alone set the Nobility apart from the people & the Pagan way of life was broken forever. Christianization was then enforced upon the people through strict laws against the indigenous pagan peoples. Christian churches were built over ancient Religious sites; Temples & Sacred groves were destroyed. The Christians Demonization of the indigenous Pagan gods, traditions and outright banning of existing rites under threat of torture and death as heretics.
The Christians even adopted pagan moments of the year & wrote them into their Bible to ease the conversion. Familiar examples are the festivities of Yule in northern Europe and replacing it with the birth of Jesus. This festival is now commonly known as The Christmas festival. Christians now in authority frowned upon the pre-Christian festivals; in regards to Yule, the bishops would caution their flock [Do not] make vetulas, (little figures of the Old Woman), little deer or iotticos or set tables at night for the house-elf or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks. The bishops quite openly discouraged their flock from partaking in Pagan traditions and denounced these heathens as heretics. Pope Gregory also instructed Augustine to "destroy the idols but use their houses for Christian worship. The first Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians were certainly aware of the Anglo Saxon, Norse and Germanic paganism festivals. And certainly over time the facts prove the Christians re-wrote the bible to incorporate Pagan traditions. According to the Christian missionaries sent to proselytize among the Germanic peoples of northern Europe by Pope Gregory the Great who instructed Abbot Mellitus to superimpose Christian themes upon existing local pagan holidays, to ease the conversion of the people to Christianity by allowing them to retain their traditional celebrations. Thus, Christmas was created by associating stories of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth with Yule. From the biblical description, most historians believe that his birth probably occurred approximately six months after Christmas Day. One thing that all scholars agree on is Jesus was not born in December, since the bible records shepherds tending their sheep in the fields on that night. This is unlikely to have happened during a cold Judean winter. So why do we celebrate Jesus Christs birthday on December the 25th? The answer lies in the pagan origins of the Feast of Yule (Beginning of Runic Year), missionaries found it convenient to provide a Christian reinterpretation of popular pagan holidays such as Yule and allow the celebrations themselves to go on largely unchanged, versus trying to confront and suppress them. The Scandinavian tradition of slaughtering a Boar at Christmas is probably salient evidence of this to this day. The tradition is thought to be derived from the sacrifice of boars to the god Freyr at the Yule celebrations. Yule Feast - Winter Solstice (Sacred to Odin and Freyr) and we also find Easter another Christian reinterpretation of the Pagan Spring Equinox celebrations Ēastre (that is, Easter) is the name of an Anglo-Saxon goddess Ēastre converted to English "Easter" to identify the celebration of Midsummer Day. The Spring Equinox celebrations are assimilated from northern European pagan festivals. Coincidence the rising of the Sun coincides with the resurrection of the Son of God?
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