I’ll have to try it out in my Greek translator software! It should be a good test. My Greek is still minimal and I don’t have my books, but some of this looks suspect, even now. The Hellenistic term “soter” (saviour) appears, as it does for so many Seleucid or Ptolemaic monarchs. …Įven from this, clearly incomplete quotation, we can see at once that using this description of Caesar as if he was a parallel to Christ is misleading.Ī look at the Greek shows that it mentions Ares and Aphrodite. It is interesting to note, and may go down on the credit side of Cicero’s career that he was offered honors like these and refused them, partly on the ground that they rightly belonged to the gods and the Roman people.ĩ5. Pompey and Antony were so honored as well as Caesar. At any rate, epigraphic evidence for the deification of Cassar at the time of his pro-consulship in Bithynia can be cited.95 Hirschfeld maintains that the deification of proconsuls was a customary and accepted procedure. The conclusion that Caesar favored his own deification has been questioned, but it seems to me the evidence indicates that he went rather far. But a google search reveals a quote from it in an online source, L. Annoyingly it does not seem to be online. The CIG is a 19th collection of inscriptions, so is out of copyright.

The presence of dots indicates some massaging is going on the use of Christian-sounding language likewise. They can be wrong, misleading, selectively edited, and the “references” may be fake. It is a good general principle never to trust these sorts of “quotes”. The next question is whether the item is what it appears to be. This is a common way to cast doubt on something by means of an argument that wouldn’t bear examination, if clearly and openly stated. But what is the argument? It is insinuated, rather than stated.

I think we can see that this is intended as some form of anti-Christian comment, since there is no apparent reason to post it otherwise on all one’s posts. “Gaius Julius Caesar…Chief Priest…God made manifest and common Saviour of Mankind.” (Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum 2957 ) I came across the following in the last few days, used as a “signature”. It can be an interesting task to take this material, and verify it - something that the posters never do, curiously - and see what, if anything it is based on. Much of it presents “evidence” which is supposed to undermine Christianity. Meet Christopher and enjoy a meal celebrating the power of soul food, with commentary by Chef Jessica VanRoo.Ĭhristopher Carter is an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego, and a pastor within the United Methodist Church.The quantity of anti-Christian scribbling in online fora is extraordinary. Carter reflects on how people of color can eat in a way that reflects their cultural identities while remaining true to the principles of compassion, love, justice, and solidarity with the marginalized. The very food we grow, distribute, and eat disproportionately harms Black people specifically and people of color among the global poor in general. Carter reveals how racism and colonialism have long steered the development of US food policy. Given the harm that our food production system inflicts upon Black people, what should soul food look like today?Ĭhristopher Carter's answer to that question merges a history of Black American foodways with a Christian ethical response to food injustice. It is also a response to-and marker of-centuries of food injustice. Soul food has played a critical role in preserving Black history, community, and culinary genius. Christopher Carter, “The Spirit of Soul Food”: Book Talk and Food demonstrationīy Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts & Culture Initiative

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