Written in a historical manner, this book explains where many of the most popular Christian traditions come from. Readers learn where the church building comes from, the origin of the steeple, where the concept of sermons come from, where the idea of a pope and religious authority comes from, and so on. New Testament Bible verses are quoted as fact on numerous occasions (think of that what you may). Unfortunately, this book does not dive deep into where the holidays of Christmas, Easter, Lent, etc come from. While there is some interesting material found in this book, it erroneously lumped Jews and pagans together on several occasions and states as fact that Jewish customs were "destroyed" by Jesus. Sigh.
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