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Origins of Christianity
Early Christianity
and
Early Rabbinical Judaism
were significantly influenced by
Hellenistic religion
and
Hellenistic philosophy
. Christianity in particular inherited many features of
Greco-Roman paganism
in its structure, its terminology, its
cult
and its
theology
. Titles such as
Pontifex Maximus
and
Sol Invictus
were taken directly from
Roman religion
. The influence of
Neoplatonism
on
Christian theology
is significant, visible for example in
Augustine of Hippo
's identification of God as
summum bonum
and of evil as
privatio boni
. Striking
parallels
between the
New Testament account of Jesus
and
classical gods
or
demigods
such as
Bacchus
,
Bellerophon
or
Perseus
were recognized by the
Church Fathers
and termed "demonic imitation" by
Justin Martyr
in the
2nd century
.
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