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[Narrator] In her book, professor moss, who is a Christian theologian, states, "Christians adapted their
ideas about martyrdom and sometimes even the stories
about the martyrs themselves from both ancient Jewish and
pagan Greek and Roman writers." - Most of the Christian saints
who were regarded as martyrs were themselves based
either on pagan sources or garbled accounts of people at the time
ideas about martyrdom and sometimes even the stories
about the martyrs themselves from both ancient Jewish and
pagan Greek and Roman writers." - Most of the Christian saints
who were regarded as martyrs were themselves based
either on pagan sources or garbled accounts of people at the time
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- [Narrator] In her book, professor moss,
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who is a Christian theologian, states,
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"Christians adapted their
ideas about martyrdom
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and sometimes even the stories
about the martyrs themselves
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from both ancient Jewish and
pagan Greek and Roman writers."
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- Most of the Christian saints
who were regarded as martyrs
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were themselves based
either on pagan sources
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or garbled accounts of people at the time.
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Movie Summary
Forensics expert J.S. Valliant reconstructs back story of how Roman Elites conspired to create Christianity, changing the course of history.