WI: No Wulfila

[Johannes Parisiensis]

Wulfila converted to Arianism several Gothic tribes.

So, what if Wulfila was either a Nicean Christian or failed in his attempts to evangelize?

What would be the effects of this in:

1. Their relations with their Nicean subjects
2. The Germanic languages
3. The French history

 

[MN.Gruber06]

Theologically, if Arianism doesn't gain the traction it received OTL, then the Church is going to be far less prepared to deal with later Christological heresies that arose. Arianism was a definite "proving ground" for Christians to establish what the philosophical foundations were for the Christian worldview.

 

[DanMcCollum]

Theologically, if Arianism doesn't gain the traction it received OTL, then the Church is going to be far less prepared to deal with later Christological heresies that arose. Arianism was a definite "proving ground" for Christians to establish what the philosophical foundations were for the Christian worldview.

Well, by the time of Wulfila, Arianism had already been around for some time; in fact it was actually on its descent when the Goths and other Germans began to convert to it, giving it a whole new life. Without Wulfila, there is a good chance that Arianism dies out a few centuries earlier.

 

[MN.Gruber06]

Ah. I'll have to resharpen. Thanks mate!

 

[Johannes Parisiensis]

Bump.

What would be the fact Wulfila would not traduce Bible in the Gothic languages?
Will the Franks be so victorious, being the only Germanics to be Niceans and thus helped by the Church? And will be friction with their subjects, who will not see Nicenian bishops be deposed?