The world that Origen, Eusebius, Ambrose, and Augustine present is the world that they wished to be in, not the actual historical world. They ignore heresies and stories of apostates. 6
Even in church histories written by contemporary writers, the picture is still distorted and the writers present what they wish had happened. 6-7
We might make mistakes in making assumptions based on our own experiences or culture. We might think that conversion means changing from one set of doctrines to another, but a person might believe in several sets of doctrines at the same time. 8 (查看原文)
We also assume that pain for religious reasons is good and that pleasure is bad. But to others, voluntary suffering might have been seen as madness.
The conversion of the early Church period should be investigated with evidence of that time period and understood from its contemporary culture. 9 (查看原文)
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