The period of the reign of Octavian is my favorite period to live in the history of Rome, if given the opportunity. The future emperor Augustus was born into an equestrian family as Gaius Octavian. He was the grandnephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar. Octavian served under Julius Caesar and on hearing Caesar’s assassination […]
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being […]
Civilization is the gradual process where a human group with a large population is ruled by highly organized government, some of the population of the group lives in cities, they build large and impressive religious and public buildings and keep written records of the affairs of the group. Civilization is a continuous process in the […]
Pride is considered to be one of the seven “deadly sins” in traditional Christian morality. Flannery O’Connor’s two short stories “Everything that Rises Must Converge” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” are both concerned with the humiliation of the haughty and the humbling of the proud. The Christian Theological concept of “Grace” or […]