Which wasn’t Christian while it was doing the conquering.
Fair point: Christianity in Europe is more “persuade the ruler and others will fall into line” than “spread by the sword”. (Though IIRC there’s some reason to think that the ruler was willing to be persuaded partly because substantial fractions of his people already had been.)
Fair point: Christianity in Europe is more “persuade the ruler and others will fall into line” than “spread by the sword”. (Though IIRC there’s some reason to think that the ruler was willing to be persuaded partly because substantial fractions of his people already had been.)