“The explosion of grotesque immorality we associate with imperial Rome—open prostitution and perversion, the bloody gladiatorial combats, and so forth—is best understood as a response to this religious collapse: a mass of hopeless, worn-out cynics trying to shock themselves awake… — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
“G.K. Chesterton put it well: “It was the best thing the world had yet seen, all things considered and on any large scale, that ruled from the wall of the Grampians to the garden of the Euphrates. It was the… — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
“The explosion of grotesque immorality we associate with imperial Rome—open prostitution and perversion, the bloody gladiatorial combats, and so forth—is best understood as a… — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
“Christianity made people unpatriotic, made them intolerant and dogmatic, willing to criticize other people’s gods and alternative lifestyles.” — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
“Nicaea really was, after all, a sort of “coming of age” for the Church—and like many adolescents, she hesitated to leave childhood behind.” — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
“G.K. Chesterton put it well: “It was the best thing the world had yet seen, all things considered and on any large scale, that… — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
