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Chris Weimer · 10-25-2007, 06:01 AM

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Christus? Looks like Tacitus may have been a little confused, or just used a bad source... oh wait!...

Christus is the Latin form of Χριστος. Why would that be indicative of a bad source or confusion?

dog-on · 10-26-2007, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Weimer

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Originally Posted by dog-on

Christus? Looks like Tacitus may have been a little confused, or just used a bad source... oh wait!...

Christus is the Latin form of Χριστος. Why would that be indicative of a bad source or confusion?

A name?

angelo · 10-26-2007, 05:50 AM

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Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired.

Christus? Looks like Tacitus may have been a little confused, or just used a bad source... oh wait!...

I'm familiar with that quote. It seems to me he is writing from hearsay. Would something like that convict someone in a court of law?

dog-on · 10-26-2007, 06:39 AM

You mean like that interesting report, out of Egypt, by our good friend Hadrian.

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dog-on Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,397	You mean like that interesting report, out of Egypt, by our good friend Hadrian.

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