Saint Telemachus
Somebody ought to declare communism and socialism illegal, because, for those ideologies to get implemented completely, they need to eradicate all opposition, resulting in millions of deaths every time. In fact, those ideologies can be easily classified and more cruel than the gladiator fights, since, more people have died via those 2 ideologies than through the horrible fights in Roman times.
Similarly, Muslim terrorism should be declared illegal, but, to get anywhere with that idea, the whole Muslim religion and Koran would have to be declared illegal worldwide.
Do we have any saints that want to take on those scourges?
Killjoy!
Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
I thought it was because the gladiators started wearing pink in November.
“. . . According to the writings of the 5th century bishop Theodoret of Cyrus . . .”
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Wish blog pimping would meet the same fate.
Telemachus: “Are you not entertained?”
So as we begin the new year, perhaps we can meditate on the courage of St. Telemachus. What are the injustices of our own day? And how might God be calling us to bring them to end, even if it means courageously sacrificing ourselves?
You guys go first.
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Thank-you for the excellent article. God Bless.
Gladiator games started out small, as part of the funeral rituals for the patricians early in the Roman Republic. It’s believed the Etruscans were the originators of the events that the Romans later adopted. For the early Romans the fights, which weren’t always to the death back then, were supposed to be a sort of morality play with the gladitors demonstrating strength, fortitude and fearlessness in the face of death and pain. Somewhere during their thousand-year history the Romans really went off the rails.
Just curious, when did the Christian emperors order a stop to throwing condemned criminals to the lions?
Nothing in Scripture allows for elevation of special people to "sainthood". It is a manmade creation to take eyes from Jesus' Work!
Those alleged saints are dead, Jim...
Saints are alive...
Collossians 1: 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2 to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colossae: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Suggestion, give God credit for everything good for no man is good.
Luke 18:19 and Mark 10:18 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
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