2006-09-26 09:24:38 · 10 answers · asked by cfariss_911 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
well first off Greek influenced Roman mythology more, upon which a variation of it known as sun worship was merged with Christianity to create the branch of Christianity the New Testament is founded on. This is the main source, including such things as the sun being the face of God, the time of Easter etc. December 25 was the "rebirth" of the Sun at the Roman Sol Invictus.
The face of Zeus, the bearded man is often credited with influencing the Christian appearance of their God. Many stories in the Bible have been told elsewhere and it is unsure who came first or if indeed all existed simultaneously. Examples are Cain and Abel as a lesson ins sacrifice which was an integral part, showing the hierarchy of what the Gods favour (human, then animal then vegetable) Prometheus cast down for giving fire is comparable to the fruit of knowledge and the casting out of Lucifer,.
2006-09-26 09:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by jleslie4585 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't see how it did that much because Greek theology had multiple gods on a heirarchy and one for every purpose. They had beautiful temples, but which one could rival Solomon's? Texts were translated into the Greek language but I doubt that was much influence even though the Greeks had more descriptive words to explain scriptures that didn't exist in ancient Hebrew...
2006-09-26 16:32:25 · answer #2 · answered by Alanka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name Christ has Greek roots it means the Anointed one and some of the first translations of the bible was Greek by Greeks. But the religion itself not much
2006-09-27 07:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by thorfinn12000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't. It influenced the Romans which some say had an effect on early Catholic practices.
Today the Greeks are a decent people that are religious, most of them anyway.
2006-09-26 16:33:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Christian religion "borrowed" quite a lot from various Greek (and other "pre-Christian") religions when it was being invented.
2006-09-26 16:37:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greek is a culture, not a religion.
2006-09-26 16:32:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't. Christianity came out of Judaism.
2006-09-26 16:26:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't. Only the language was of any, if limited, use.
2006-09-26 16:27:17 · answer #8 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church
http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/38773
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/papers/vol1/500215-The_Influence_of_the_Mystery_Religions_on_Christianity.htm
2006-09-26 16:31:31 · answer #9 · answered by angel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm...you mean greek orthodox? it didn't. orthodoxy is a branch of christianity, duh! greeks suk any way :)
2006-09-26 16:27:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋