In the seventh century the Christians sought to rid the Pagans of their land so they could have both property and power. The mmain reason for this power craving was caused by fear. The Christians didn’t know what the Pagan’s were doing; this caused them to feel inferior to the Pagans because they were powerless to the unknown. This fear caused the Christians to believe that Pagans are evil.The Christians set up a marketing plan to push people into converting people to Christianity. The main marketing method was misinformation. They changed the Pagan horned God into the Devil, if you worshiped this God then you worshiped the devil and that was the ultimate ticket to hell. This method of misinformation didn’t work because the Pagans knew what they were doing, so the Christians used fear as another method of converting. The Christians took many fold beliefs and turned them into Christian traditions. The Yule Log, The Christmas tree, Easter eggs and so many more were fold traditions. The Pagan Gods and Goddess were turned into Saints.The method of Paganizing Christianity wasn’t working so they turned to a more brutal method – torture. If one didn’t convert to Christianity they must be a Witch and a Witch equal evil.
The main punishment for Witchcraft was burning. The Inquisition started in the eight century. The Christians turned away from the Canon Episcopi, a document stating that Wiches aren’t real, they are mere illusions. The burning of Witches lasted from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. By the end of the Inquisition the female population had decreased by more than 40%. Over two million people were killed. It is said that not one person killed was a witch except a single Native Aerican woman who was proclaimed a Witch because she was practicing her native religion.During the eighteenth century people began to realize that it wasn’t the Witches who were evil, but it was then. The last Witchcraft law was passed in England in 1945 making Witchcraft legal.
The Essay on A Religious Epic Christian Pagan Poem
Beowulf is an epic poem that brings up many questions when it come to the topic of what religious background influenced the poem. One wonders whether it is a pagan or Christian writing. There are many examples of both religions throughout the paper. The paper must be interpreted carefully to find the true meaning behind all of the actions that take place in the poem. Beowulf is the hero of the ...
