Saksagan
Considerably more austere shrines of Mithras
Constantine had no wish to spend his brief holiday listening to the caterwauling of priests. But the two women had backed him into a...
Naz arenes appearances to his followers
Finally, Theognis told a beautiful story of how devoted women came to the sepulcher where Jesus’ body had been placed, ready to anoint it...
Strangely beautiful and simple invocation
A small reading stand or pulpit stood beside the altar. After going to it, the priest raised his arms and began to speak the...
After Justinian
Chapter II.
If any among them seek to introduce impious vanities, denying the resurrection or the judgment, or the work of God, or that angels...
Justinian (b.483- r.527-d.565)
Justinian (b.483- r.527-d.565): Novella 146: On Jews
A Permission granted to the Hebrews to read the Sacred Scriptures according to Tradition, in Greek, Latin or...
Manuscript once preserved at Spires
The text comes to us through four manuscripts, now at Oxford, Paris,Vienna and Munich respectively. The last named is of the sixteenth century, the...
Impartiality led to the disclosure of secrets
So long as a trial was in progress there was no prejudice for or against either litigant, plaintiff or defendant, and both were cross-examined...
The illness became less sever
These events took place in the evening, and not long after Isaac, now utterly despairing both of his throne and his life, allowed himself...
The insignia of the sovereign
I will dwell for a few moments on this affair and the reasons for it. It was mid-day, and the emperor was suffering from...
