Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Monday, May 16, 2016
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN SAINTS
While it is true that as it was later "morphed," Christianity is and has been an instrument of Western European conquest and domination, it is not also true, that the Romans "created Christianity," as too many now unfortunately believe !
The Romans stole Christianity, centuries later, from its early African formulators, whom they fed to their lions and beasts or whom they crucified by the tens of thousands. These Roman victims and martyrs were the devout, astute, black African Christians,who had perfected it.
For proof, I refer you to two books: HOW AFRICA SHAPED THE CHRISTIAN MIND: AFRICA THE SEEDBED OF WESTERN CHRISTIANITY by Thomas C. Oden (2007), and Tertullian's THE APOLOGY (2013).