The Christian religion developed in antiquity, at the time of the great schools of thought, in the midst of pantheons of various gods and what the fathers of the church called ambient paganism.
Inkolo yobuKristu yathuthuka kwasendulo, ngesikhathi sezikole ezinkulu zemcabango, phakathi kwamaphethelo onkulunkulu abahlukahlukene nokwashiwo yilokho obaba bebandla abakubiza ngobuhedeni.