[gothic-l] Re: Arianism

[Tore Gannholm]

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>>  >I suppose the first step would be to demonstrate that there were
>>  >Christian grave yards in Sweden in 500AD and the second step would
>be
>>  >to show that these were Arian Christians. If any grave with
>>  >tentatively Christian lay-out dated to post 550AD it would -
>following
>>  >Brigit Arrhenius- be better regarded as Catholic, since
>Scandinavian
>>  >contacts shifted toward the Frankish realm at that point.
>>  >Alternatively, 6th century authors like Procopius, who took a great
>>  >interest in Thule, would surely have reported the presence of
>>  >Christians, even if they were Arians there.
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>>  Procopius only had knowledge of the Eruls.
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>Well, he provides a lengthy description of the people in Thule
>(Scandinavia), about their habits, names, living areas etc. If any of
>them would have been Christians of any form or shape, he would have
>let his readers know.
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>>From your reply, I must conclude that despite reading the
>Scandinavian sources in original, you have no evidence for Arianism
>in 500AD in Scandinavia.
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>Dirk
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Dirk,
I have not promoted the idea of Arianism in Scandinavia. I only said
that certain archaeologists have detected traces of it.

This makes it interesting to continue the study of these traces.

Tore
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