Clivedurdle

http://www.rassias.gr/9011.html

Might a certain alleged parody being discussed here be slightly later?

And why all this focus on the alleged poor xians being persecuted when xianity in the fourth century destroyed the foundations of a thousand years of civilisation?

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/.../victoria.html

mountainman

We have a coin spinning heads over tails over heads over ...
The coin has two sides, just like history.
We have been spoon-fed the christian history of the fourth century.
The pagan account in only now resurfacing.
A true historian wants to know both sides.

An earlier attempt at checking Vlasis' citations one by one
failed due to a breakdown in communications between the
participants. Emotional baggage was too much for some.

Do you want to start at the beginning again?

I think that many of his citations stem from the
codex theodosianus. But this is just a gut feeling.

I am happy to do the yards here, from the beginning
if any others want to also do these same yards.

Best wishes,


Pete Brown

Clivedurdle

http://www.britannica.com/bps/home#t...20Encyclopedia

An early version of Pol Pot or Mao's cultural revolution?

mountainman

Far worse than these modern despots were the christian despots of the fourth century. Ammianus tells us of the torture of the upper classes under the rule of these types of people - analogous to the treatment of the Tibetan upper classes under the chinese invasion c.1950 - but far more extreme. Constantine of course has the precedent for these actions.

mountainman

Well, a synopsis of "The Acts of Philip" appears to match these events focussed on Carthage, where Philip is commanded to go by Jesus in a vision. At the end, the christian angel appointed by Jesus to watch over Philip slays forty Jewish priests, and gains many christian converts.

It is an interesting coincidence. Thanks for pointing this out.


There are a number of dating estimates for the Acts of Philip that vary between the mid and the late fourth century, so a date at the end of the century would not be too far removed from the current estimates.

Best wishes,



Pete Brown