Volume 29, No.1, Feb. 2018
Jesus’ Early Miracles in Matthew
“Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people” (Matthew 4:23). Matthew’s Gospel begins with a genealogy of Jesus, showing that his legal guardian, Joseph, was descended from Abraham, and from David. In Chapter Two is an account of Jesus’ miraculous birth. In [...]
Constantine and Christianity
A remarkable turn of events in 313 AD The Edict of Milan was one of the first documents in the history of the world to promote freedom of religion. It was a boon for Christians who up until that point had been severely persecuted during a ten year policy of intolerance initiated by the emperor Diocletian. The document was beneficial for all parties. It [...]
The Council of Arles
(August 1, 314) — World War I (August 1, 1914) Starting in the 1880s, the brethren expected that in 1914, a Great War would bring down the failed Church‑ State systems of Christendom. This dating was later refined to begin with the Civil Year (Rosh Hashanah) in October. However, hostilities for the Great War broke out two months earlier on August 1, not October [...]