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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2698038, member: 83956&quot;]I think Julian II would agree with you. I&#039;m no fan of Constantine&#039;s particular brand of Christianity. But Christianity, being a &quot;religion of the book,&quot; seemed to have a deep and abiding interest in textual traditions. There&#039;s a reason why so much of our knowledge of classical authors owes to monastic preservation. Did Christianity censor and suppress more than it preserved? I honestly don&#039;t know; that&#039;s too broad a question to reward my general speculation. It&#039;s fair to criticize Constantine&#039;s privileging of Christianity for destroying much of traditional pagan culture, but a responsible assessment also has to factor in Christianity&#039;s preservative powers as well, which were considerable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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