How Did Christian Influence Byzantium And Europe?

Although many cultural traits of Byzantium and Europe came from Roman heritage some did not. For example, Germanic influence was an additional source to Byzantium and Europe. Traditional influence is when people take heritage from different cultural groups or other areas and adopt them into their society. Byzantium and Europe were influenced by Germanic individual’s due to religion. The Germanic people were pagan, meaning they believed in multiple gods, Byzantium and Europe were mostly Christians. Some individuals of Byzantium and Europe wanted to change the religious views of the Germanic barbarians, but they could not just force a new religion on the Germans. Instead, they worked Christianity into paganism in a way. The Individual who aided
this transition was St. Boniface by the guidance of Bishop Daniel of Winchester. Bishop explained to Boniface that he need to let them believe in their faith, but also ask them questions to make them debate if their religion is correct proved by Letter of St. Boniface, Letter B (Letter of Bishop Daniel of Winchester, England to Boniface) (ch. 3, rd. 2b, p. 92). The letter was written by Bishop Daniel to St. Boniface while Boniface was working with Germanic pagans. While influencing the Germans, Byzantium and Europe were also being influenced because they changed Christianity to accommodate the pagans, which in turn influenced everyone that worshipped Christianity.