Christianity, facing persecution, was forced to blend in with their Pagan parallel making them use pre-existing holidays as their holy days, adopt Patron Saints of daily life functions, and they took in the idea of a holy trinity; this makes them a good example of syncretism. Keeping the definition of syncretism as the combination of different forms of belief or practice, Christianity is a positive example of syncretism. The Christians believed in in monotheism and "simply getting people to believe in a single god, and give up all the others that they were accustomed to," was extremely challenging. This was why the Church "began to adopt Patron Saints of various daily life functions, to allow an easier conversion." Another form of belief that
