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>they didn't pretended, they legit believed that their gods and the christian god and saints were the same entities
no. because when they had contact with Christianity, the differentiation was clear. mainly the attributes of the Christian God in comparison with the deities. As the other guy said, the conversion was relatively worse in Africa, which culminated in delayed syncretism and pretense to camouflage itself. the same with Islam
>those mean nothing
means. This is what prevents the emergence of sects or free interpretation based on personal subjectivism
>folk catholicism is not the same as the official church catholicism
What is "folk" Catholicism? Either way, Catholicism is the same as it always was.
dogmas, apostolic succession, veneration of Mary, etc., etc.
>the dogmas of institutions are not the same of what the people actually believe
it literally is. long before secularism
>people will always believe in what make sense to them
not when there is a structured faith system, like Catholicism
Now shut up

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