THE TRUE FACTS REGARDING ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

 

Historian Will Durant gave this analysis in his work ‘The Story of Civilization’. 

Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. The Greek mind, dying, came to a transmigrated life in the theology and liturgy of the Church; the Greek language, having reigned for centuries over philosophy, became the vehicle of Christian literature and ritual; the Greek mysteries passed down into the impressive mystery of the Mass. Other pagan cultures contributed to the syncretism result… 

Orthodox Christianity is the last great creation of the ancient pagan world” (1944, vol.3, Caesar and Christ, p.595).