„Frankfurt silver inscription“ – Oldest Christian testimony found north of the Alps
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A small silver amulet, just 3.5 cm in size, with a thin silver foil with a mysterious incision rolled into it: the „Frankfurt Silver Inscription“. Experts agree that these 18 lines will greatly enrich existing research into the spread of Christianity and the late period of Roman rule on the right bank of the Rhine. The inscription could be deciphered thanks to the latest computer tomography technology. It shows that The wearer of the amulet was clearly a devout Christian, which is absolutely extraordinary for this period.
The first Christian north of the Alps lived in Frankfurt
What makes the find so special is its age. The grave in which the amulet was found is dated to between 230 and 270 AD. There has never been such early, authentic evidence of pure Christianity north of the Alps. All finds are at least around 50 years younger. There are historical references to the first Christian groups in Gaul and perhaps also in the province of Upper Germania in the late 2nd century. However, reliable evidence of Christian life in the northern Alpine regions of the Roman Empire generally only dates back to the 4th century AD.
Frankfurt’s Lord Mayor Mike Josef is delighted: „The ‚Frankfurt Inscription‘ is a scientific sensation. Thanks to it, the history of Christianity in Frankfurt and far beyond will have to be turned back by around 50 to 100 years. The first Christian find north of the Alps comes from our city: we can be proud of this, especially now, so close to Christmas. The people involved have done a great job.“
Frankfurt’s Head of Culture and Science, Dr. Ina Hartwig, is also impressed: „This extraordinary find affects many areas of research and will keep scientists busy for a long time to come. It concerns archaeology as well as religious studies, philology and anthropology. Such an important find here in Frankfurt is really something extraordinary.“
The „Frankfurt Silver Inscription“ translated into German (as at: 04.12.2024)
Detail of the silver inscription.
(In the name?) of St. Titus.
Holy, holy, holy!
In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God!
The lord of the world
resists to the best of his [ability?]
all seizures(?)/setbacks(?).
The god(?) grants well-being
Admission.
This rescue device(?) protects
the person who
surrenders to the will
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
since before Jesus Christ
bend all knees: the heavenly ones,
the earthly and
the subterranean, and every tongue
confess (to Jesus Christ).
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Legendary Medellin Cartel Drug Trafficker Leaves U.S. Prison After Serving 25-Year Sentence.
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-cartel-kingpin-released-miami-18a8d07fdc62be65fd6a154ae3bd8ac1
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One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported back home.
Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence.
Ochoa, 67, and his older brothers amassed a fortune when cocaine started flooding the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to U.S. authorities, to the point that in 1987 they were included in the Forbes Magazine’s list of billionaires. Living in Miami, Ochoa ran a distribution center for the cocaine cartel once headed by Pablo Escobar.
Although somewhat faded from memory as the center of the drug trade shifted from Colombia to Mexico, he resurfaced in the hit Netflix series “Narcos” true to form as the youngest son of an elite Medellin family into ranching and horse breeding that cut a sharp contrast with Escobar, who came from more humble roots.
Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence.
.....Although somewhat faded from memory as the center of the drug trade shifted from Colombia to Mexico, he resurfaced in the hit Netflix series “Narcos” true to form as the youngest son of an elite Medellin family into ranching and horse breeding that cut a sharp contrast with Escobar, who came from more humble roots.Ochoa was first indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1986 killing of Drug Enforcement Administration informant Barry Seal — whose life was popularized in the 2017 film “American Made” starring Tom Cruise.
.....Richard Gregorie, a retired assistant U.S. attorney who was on the prosecution team that convicted Ochoa, said authorities were never able to seize all of the Ochoa family’s illicit drug proceeds and he expects that Ochoa will have a welcome return home.“He won’t be retiring a poor man, that’s for sure,” Gregorie told The Associated Press.
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