The same researcher observed that, in the centuries after the death of Christ’s apostles, especially in Egypt, “Christian ideas were confronted by the ‘ pagan amalgam ’ ​ — made out of Egyptian, Greek, Jewish, Oriental and Roman practices and beliefs which were practiced alongside Christian confession. ”
परिणामस्वरूप, “ख्रिस्ती कारागीरांनी [मिश्र विश्‍वासाची] पद्धत अनुसरली व मूर्तिपजक प्रतीकांना मूर्तिपूजक प्रभावापासून पूर्णतः शुद्ध केले नसले तरी त्यांना नवीन अर्थ देऊन ते त्यांचा वापर करू लागले. ”