Did the early Christian burn libary of Alexandria to hide that we have pagan roots?

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The old pagan classics would not have survived had it not been for the Catholic Church working to actually preserve them.

No, Christians did not burn libraries. Christianity has always had a history of preserving the classics for posterity, even if they were pagan.
 
Interestingly, the British pagan classic “Beowulf” was preserved and copied by Catholic monks.
 
Timi,

You seem to be reading a lot of anti-Catholic misinformation. There is an honest and simple answer for every bit of such confusing information.

Have you tried reading some spiritual books that truly inform and inspire about Catholicism?
 
I was also wondering if you read any of the Blogs on CA. This was addressed beautifully there. 👍
 
manualman said:
Tell us who is asserting this, so we know who to laugh at.
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Seconded XD What a ridiculous assertion. The Church preserved pretty much every pre-medieval pagan text we have today; why would they go and burn an entire library of them?
 
JustaServant said:
Interestingly, the British pagan classic “Beowulf” was preserved and copied by Catholic monks.
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Beowulf is actually a Christian book that regards the gods of the pagans as demons and regards the first two monsters Beowulf fights as descendants of Cain. But doubtless the story is a version of an older pagan one.

Better examples would be the recording and preservation of Norse myths by Catholics in Iceland and of course the preservation of Greco-Roman pagan literature.
 
“Man, the things you’ll do just to avoid the late fees.”
– Cleopatra to J. Caesar, Alexandria, 48 BC
 
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