The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... Athenagoras (177) in his "A Plea on Behalf of Christians" (a defense against paganism) emphasized that Christians consider ...

The Lamb of Christ, found on an altar at Saint Patrick’s Basilica, represents Jesus’s devotion to guiding and leading the Christian people to salvation. In Ancient Greek and Roman pagan traditions, ...

A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant "sprinkling with blood" during the pagan sacrifices ... has been introduced into Roman Catholic worship as well.

So when Christianity began to spread throughout the Roman Empire, it encountered a variety of pagan traditions and festivals, including Saturnalia. The early Christian Church faced significant ...