And Pliny ( c 110-112 AD) who gives us our first Greco-Roman mention of "christians" also fails to mention the juicy little tidbit about these xtians worshiping a guy who had been executed by a Roman magistrate. That kind of thing that would interest a lawyer like Pliny!
And Pliny also never mentions the word "Jesus." Instead he mentions only "Christus" which he would know from the Greek meant "The Anointed One." Just a title. Not a name. It's probably just as well the Pliny did not know the name because without a "Nazareth" he would have had to refer to him as 'Jesus from Fucking Nowhere.'
And Pliny also never mentions the word "Jesus." Instead he mentions only "Christus" which he would know from the Greek meant "The Anointed One." Just a title. Not a name. It's probably just as well the Pliny did not know the name because without a "Nazareth" he would have had to refer to him as 'Jesus from Fucking Nowhere.'
