In the beginning of the century, in the City, no longer of emperors but not yet of the Church,

on Vatican hill. There, across the river from the City, the persecutor Nero once had a circus where early Christians, proclaiming their…

The rare …

Concerning this I desire to say at least a few words. For you remember that there was in the Temple of Jupiter Best and Greatest on the Capitolium a short woollen cloak of a purple hue, by the side…

Long before Titus, the city of the Jews had fallen to the ruler of another empire. Then too God’s temple was destroyed. That fall was predicted, for the Jews were disloyal to their God.

“So man will be brought low and…

At this time, the Jews started a war because they were forbidden to mutilate their genitals.

It was a costly rebellion for the Romans. Three hard years fighting the latest claimant to the title “messiah”, the anointed one of the Jewish…