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To: brucedickinson
Roman historian Suetonius (c. 69 – after 122 AD) mentions Christians and Christus in Lives of the 12 Caesars in connection with the burning of Rome under Nero, 64 AD. He is certainly not a Christian or a sympathizer, and is somewhat dismissive of Christianity. Although he is a secondary source, he had the accounts of numerous people who lived through the events, and appears to treat the existence of "Christus", and the faith of His followers as a simple matter of fact.
32 posted on 12/21/2016 6:37:54 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

First, hard to envision such a movement based on an individual stemming from his time period, if he didn’t exist. Next, they lost me as soon as they cited “Historians and bloggers”.


37 posted on 12/21/2016 7:02:49 PM PST by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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