Thereare several accounts of Roman historians who had portrayedthe diverse origins andmulti-ethnic composition of the Roman armies as an expression of its power andstrength as well as the successful political integration of diverse groups into theRoman Empire.¹²¹In the account of the ...
The Latins (from the time of Jerome) improved on that hint, asserted the perpetual celibacy of Joseph, and justified by many similar examples the new interpretation that Jude, as well as Simon and James, who were styled the brothers of Jesus Christ, were only his first cousins. See Til...
Mr. Ray goes on to state that I am guilty of a double standard because I will quote Roman Catholic historians who discredit Roman Catholic claims all the while neglecting to mention Evangelical scholars who disagree with our ...
Jesus' teachings, under the concepts of Jewish law, taught of social equality, harmony and the freedom of men to decide their own fate. These ideas led to a small, yet slowly growing following for a new hope and idea, in a time when the appearance of oppression and inequality from Rome,...
1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ: To God's own people scattered over the earth, who are living as foreigners in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,(WEY) Subtopics Irony: The Roman Soldiers to Jesus Roman Roman Army Roman Empire Roman Empire: Citizenship ...
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 same Torquatus later led the...
Historians of Rome have most often divided its history into two major periods, based on the type of government that Rome had at the time: the Republic (from the late sixth century BCE to the late first century BCE) and the Empire (from the late first century BCE to the fall of the ...
He certainly fell victim to the political propaganda of later historians, who in so doing granted support to the serving emperor in their own era, but Tiberius was no modelcitizen. His choice of heir, Gaius (Caligula), (and Tiberius Gemellus, who wouldn't live to see his ascension to fru...
those who] now are exulting, shall be in fear [...] I shall defeat him...49Here there is a rare mention of Jesus Christ in a curse tablet, though the inclusionof divinities from other traditions is frequent in Greek and Latin magical texts.50The author of this curse was Christian, ...
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have ...