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The Magical Rise of Christianity

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Nathan Knopp
Apr 21, 2025
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Introduction

Early Christianity was nothing if not magical. That might surprise modern Christians who recall the Catholic Church heavily persecuting magical arts like witchcraft or alchemy. St. Augustine wrote, “demons are the authors and fabricators of magical arts”. But before Augustine, Christianity stood in magical opposition to the sober Roman autho…

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