That's not really the main subject of this article, but Christ taught his disciples to own up to their civic responsibilities. He also mandated that one should pracitice what he preached. And BTW, American politics are hardly more cynical than either Israel's or Rome's, when Christ tread soil.
“And BTW, American politics are hardly more cynical than either Israel’s or Rome’s, when Christ tread soil.”
As you no doubt know, so many comparisons between late republican/imperial politics and modern american politics are easily drawn, perhaps as much as any other period in classical history (though my greek history is not up to snuff)....
Is there anything in US senatorial politics now that wasn’t seen over and over in the roman senate?