Why do you call it the "roman" church? We are still in IV century. The church split in 1054. Call it the church one, unseparated.
This appeased the majority of the pagan population and the Roman church leadership.
What majority of pagan population? They were in minority. Christianity was winning ground. Didn't you say in the beginning of your comment that Christianity was growing larger and larger? Nobody needed to appease the pagans. I mean... Christians accepted to be tortured in the most gruesome ways rather than bring offerings to the pagan gods, but they just couldn't make up their minds about the holidays so they made a compromise in order to appease the pagans? Do you actually believe this?
With the same agenda, the church repurposed their expensive statues of the pantheon and renamed them to represent figures from the scriptures: the Apostles, Mary, Jesus, etc.
How can you say this stupidity without blushing? Do you take us for little children who know nothing about history, church history and even art history?
What expensive statues have been renamed to represent the apostles, Mary and Jesus? Show me just ONE STATUE of an idol from the Greco-Roman antique world that has survived (i.e. that wasn't destroyed by Christians) and has been "repurposed" to represent figures from the Scripture.
(I bet you will come up with the religious art from the Renaissance)
Pagan buildings were retrofitted with Christian themes yet they retained much of their pagan opulence: colored glass, gold inlays, fine carpeting, expensive robes, etc.
Pagan opulence you say.
These things are really not debatable and are matters of history. Perspective is important.
Yes. Thank you for the enlightenment.
Perhaps we should start with the question: why would a politician call together a religious council?
Answer: It was beneficial to that politician.