Christianity in the roman empire.

[Jona Lendering]

Just on a point of detail, why do you date Sun worship to the late third century? (e.g. the Sol Invictus dedication from Corbridge dates to the AD 160s)

I might add that an inscription of Heliogabalus Sol Invictus has been found in Woerden, Holland; it also dates back to the 160s. (And again, it is irrelevant to this debate about Christianity.)