Tag Archives: Vespasian

trial of JC: 12 angry pharisees

Was Christ condemned to death by the Jews, as tradition has held for so long, or was he really executed by the Romans as a political offender?… The author of Mark endeavors to meet the difficulty by transferring the responsibility … Continue reading

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the year where it all began

The Year One. Although the accuracy of the date is less than precise, the “year of our Lord” stuck when calculated in the first half of the sixth century by an eastern Greek speaking monk , Dionysius Exiguus, and the … Continue reading

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HEALING WATERS & BUBBLING PASSIONS

There is,and always has been, an especial magic attached to the idea of healing springs. In antiquity they were believed to be the abode of nymphs, or sometimes of a god; in the Middle Ages,a saint was often considered to … Continue reading

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