Talk:Interpretatio Christiana

A fact from Interpretatio Christiana appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 March 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Christian reinterpretation of pagan traditions, sacred sites, and lore was officially sanctioned as a means to facilitate Christianization?

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I see that this article is under construction, but it seems to be based largely on primary sources. I would strongly urge the active editor(s) to construct the article around secondary sources and their definition of interpretatio christiana, and to provide primary source passages chosen and cited by modern scholars for their illustrative value. Cynwolfe (talk) 13:07, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I wholeheartedly agree with you. However I am not an expert on the subject. I merely created this page for the purpose of interlinking of wikipedia content. I hope you agree that the topic is valid and notable, and literaly thousands of references in books are available. - Altenmann >t 15:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The initial cut comes directly from "Christianization" article, which is rather undersourced as well, so whoever is capable to expertly address criticism of Cynwolfe, please improve the latter article as well. - Altenmann >t 16:33, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar and Spelling

A small point and I haven't edited it yet but I think the caption to the vase which reads "Cup of the Ptolemies; its pagan (Dionysian) motives ignored by the Church" should in fact read "Cup of the Ptolemies; its pagan (Dionysian) **motifs** ignored by the Church" redherring (talk) 17:55, 29 April 2017 (UTC) redherring[reply]