Two of these popes—who are called “Saint” by the Roman Catholic Church and who are the only two popes called “the Great” by historians—merit special consideration, even in a brief article. Pope Leo I was, even for his pagan contemporaries, the embodiment of the ideal of “Romanness...
father and teacher of all Christians, and [we define] that to him in [the person of] Peter was given by our Lord Jesus Christ the full power of nourishing, ruling and governing the universal church; as it is also contained in the acts of the ecumenical councils and in the holy canons...
It may fairly be concluded, from the language which he had into the mouth of Maecenas, that Dion was an enemy to all innovations in religion. (See Gibbon, infra, note 105.) In fact, when the silence of Pagan historians is noticed, it should be remembered how meagre and mutilated are ...
While the Jewish sect was markedly different from the Gentile persuasion that followed, many of the basic principles in conducting one's life remained similar enough to allow a cross-cultural conversion (discussing the differences requires an in-depth study of the historical Jesus, Son of Man, So...
¹²⁰From the account of the chronicle one might wellgetthe impres-sion that the Merovingian kingdom had indeed succeeded the Roman Empire. Thereare several accounts of Roman historians who had portrayedthe diverse origins andmulti-ethnic composition of the Roman armies as an expression of ...
I would strongly urge you to read the historical works that I have referenced from the various Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant historians. John Meyendorff is especially good. Hope this is helpful (Personal email from Wil...
In addition to these Roman historians and biographers, a number of historical works in Greek survive from the late Republic and the Empire that cover topics related to Roman history. To mention just a few examples, in the late first century BCE, Diodorus of Sicily wrote a massive universal hi...
That was no idle power. Various Roman historians tell the story of one of Rome’s legendary heroes, nicknamed Torquatus, or “The Man with the Neck Chain,” because in the middle of battle he raced up to a gigantic Gaul, killed him, and ripped the chain off the man’s neck. This ...
The Jesus cult could tolerate no rival: it claimed to be absolute, and worshippers of Jesus must be separate from the world. The Christian church was absolute in its demands; would not rank with, but above, all worships. This spirit was of course at enmity with that of the day which ...
To the best of my knowledge, historians of religion and magic have notsufficiently underlined the toxicity of lead, and how this poisonousness mayhave affected the experience of cursing rituals.37It has been clinically proven that lead is toxic to adults and children.Ingestion, inhalation, and ...