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Besides having a very large nose, in 1515 Francis I of France fought against Pope Julius II in the War of the League of Cambrai. Being a Roman Catholic himself, ruling over a Roman Catholic country, how was this reconciled with going to war with the pope?

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Is Christianity in any way influenced by the pagan religion of the Roman Empire? Were there any attempts to adapt concepts or figures to Christianity around the time of the conversion of Rome?

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Besides having a very large nose, in 1515 Francis I of France fought against Pope Julius II in the War of the League of Cambrai. Being a Roman Catholic himself, ruling over a Roman Catholic country, how was this reconciled with going to war with the pope?	255
Is Christianity in any way influenced by the pagan religion of the Roman Empire? Were there any attempts to adapt concepts or figures to Christianity around the time of the conversion of Rome?	52