Events Tagged: "pagan"

Celsus writes True Discourse - first systematic pagan attack on Christianity, later refuted by Origen

Celsus writes True Discourse - Pagan philosopher attacks Christianity using Jewish arguments about scripture

Theodosius closes Delphi Oracle - bans all pagan oracles, ends 1,200+ years of prophecy, site abandoned

Stilicho burns Sibylline Books - Christian general destroys last pagan prophecies, ending 900 years of consultation

Death of Childeric I - buried with rich grave goods (discovered 1653), 15-year-old Clovis inherits small kingdom around Tournai

1970s: Harry Hay founds Radical Faeries - left-wing cultural-spiritual-ecological pagan group