Jan 14, 2024
Four more speculations.
I argue that an important element of Christianity’s success was
that it quickly transformed itself into what I call the imperial
church incorporate. Would Christianity have succeeded had it not
done so?
Second, could Mithraism have triumphed over the church?
Third, could the Gnostic variants of Christianity come to
dominate?
Finally, the Jewish arm of the church vanished after the Bar Kosiva
revolt of 132. What might have happened had that group survived and
thrived?