Abstract:

The history of the Roman religion dates back to it was founded that the date of establishment of Rome until 753/752 BC and it is considered to have ended at 476 A.D. The religion of Rome has evolved from a period of contained uncertain religious elements, sorcery and magic, to the cult of families and ancestors, and from there to the cult of the state and emperor. In the process of development, this religion has turned into a traditional multi-god structure by incorporating the religious beliefs and god models it encounters. During the imperial period, developed was cult of the emperors who died and lived, besides the traditional understanding of religion. Christians were accused of opposing traditional religion and god understanding and who do not offer cults to the gods, who were being an "atheist". However, Christian Apologists have responded to the accusations against them by using logical and theological proofs of the wrongness of Rome's traditional understanding of religion and the superiority of Christianity. In this study will be mentioned from the traditional understanding of Roman religion and god, the causes of the charges of atheism against Christians, and the Christian apologists' responses to them.

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