Forwarded from BioClandestine (BioClandestine)
Part of me wants the USG to try to implement covid protocols again.
I’d wager 75%+ of Americans would refuse to comply. Mass civil disobedience. It would be a galvanizing moment for the American People to stand up together against tyranny.
Bring it. We know the playbook now.
I’d wager 75%+ of Americans would refuse to comply. Mass civil disobedience. It would be a galvanizing moment for the American People to stand up together against tyranny.
Bring it. We know the playbook now.
Forwarded from 17 England
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
They call it pattern recognition fren. It’s interesting to say the least. 🤗🧺
For the first 300 years of Early Christianity, until Constantine created the Roman Catholic Church, Christians typically met in homes. Prayer and service took place mainly in private homes, as decribed in the book of Acts of the Apostles.
The first house church is recorded in Acts 1:13, where the disciples of Jesus met together in the 'Upper Room' of a house:
"The churches of Asia greet you, especially Aquila and Prisca greet you much in the Lord, along with the church that is in their house." - I Corinthinans 16:19
The first house church is recorded in Acts 1:13, where the disciples of Jesus met together in the 'Upper Room' of a house:
"The churches of Asia greet you, especially Aquila and Prisca greet you much in the Lord, along with the church that is in their house." - I Corinthinans 16:19
Constantine became emperor in 306 AD and ruled for 31 years. Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire in 324.
By this time Christianity grew from 7000 in 100 AD to 6 Million in 300 AD and it was a threat to the Roman Empire's Pagan Religion of worshiping the Sun and the Emperor's themselves.
Constantine extended many benefits to pagan priests who became Christian ministers. They received monetary support from the Empire and didn't pay taxes. Pagan Rome needed to infilitrate and lead this rapidly growing religion.
By this time Christianity grew from 7000 in 100 AD to 6 Million in 300 AD and it was a threat to the Roman Empire's Pagan Religion of worshiping the Sun and the Emperor's themselves.
Constantine extended many benefits to pagan priests who became Christian ministers. They received monetary support from the Empire and didn't pay taxes. Pagan Rome needed to infilitrate and lead this rapidly growing religion.
Constanitine was devoted to Mithraism or the Cult of Mithras. Worshippers of Mithras had a complex system of seven grades of initiation and communal ritual meals. Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those 'united by the handshake'.
Mithraism was identified as Sun worship by modern historians. Their main ritual involved sacrificing a bull to the Pagan Sun God.
In 145 CE, the early Christian apologist Justin Martyr charged the cult of Mithras with imitating Christianity.
Mithraism was identified as Sun worship by modern historians. Their main ritual involved sacrificing a bull to the Pagan Sun God.
In 145 CE, the early Christian apologist Justin Martyr charged the cult of Mithras with imitating Christianity.
After his "official conversion" to Christianity in 312, Constantine built his triumphal arch in Rome. It is interesting that it wasn't dedicated to the symbols of Christianity, but to the Unconquered Sun.
Statuettes of Sol Invictus (the Roman Sun God) appear in three places on the Arch of Constantine.
During his reign, he changed many aspects connected with pagan cults , but that doesn’t mean that he stopped the cultivation of old traditions.
Statuettes of Sol Invictus (the Roman Sun God) appear in three places on the Arch of Constantine.
During his reign, he changed many aspects connected with pagan cults , but that doesn’t mean that he stopped the cultivation of old traditions.
Constantine decreed on March 7, 321 DIES SOLIS – the day of the Sun, "Sunday" – as the Roman day of rest:
"On the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country however persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits because it often happens that another day is not suitable for grain-sowing or vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost."
"On the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country however persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits because it often happens that another day is not suitable for grain-sowing or vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost."
In 330, Constantine set up a statue which is a key to understanding his private beliefs. After decades of supporting Christianity, he appeared as a statue of the sun god in the forum.
The column became the center of the Forum of Constantine, nowadays known as Cemberlitas Square in Istanbul.
The statue on the top of the monument presented Constantine in the likeness of Apollo with a sun crown, a symbol of the kings from the times of Alexander the Great.
The column became the center of the Forum of Constantine, nowadays known as Cemberlitas Square in Istanbul.
The statue on the top of the monument presented Constantine in the likeness of Apollo with a sun crown, a symbol of the kings from the times of Alexander the Great.
Constantine's Arch was carefully positioned to align with the colossal statue of Sol by the Colosseum, so that Sol formed the dominant backdrop when seen from the direction of the main approach towards the arch in Ancient Rome.
The Roman Emperor prior to Constantine was Diocletian, who was responsible for the Great Persecution in 303. This event led to many Christians being killed for their faith.
In North Africa, Christians who were caught were allowed to live if they turned in their Bibles to authorities. They were known as traditores - "those who handed (the holy thing) over". This is also where the word traitor comes from.
The Donatists did not allow traditores to become priests in their Christian Church in North Africa, which went against Constantine's orders.
Constantine then used his army in an effort to compel Donatist' obedience by burning churches and martyring some from 317 – 321.
In North Africa, Christians who were caught were allowed to live if they turned in their Bibles to authorities. They were known as traditores - "those who handed (the holy thing) over". This is also where the word traitor comes from.
The Donatists did not allow traditores to become priests in their Christian Church in North Africa, which went against Constantine's orders.
Constantine then used his army in an effort to compel Donatist' obedience by burning churches and martyring some from 317 – 321.