Si Tacit vorbeste despre Isus, Pilat care a condamnat la moarte un
Christus, crestini si o anume "superstitie daunatoare", care se pare ca aduce o marturie indirecta si involuntara in sprijinul convingerii Bisericii timpurii cum ca Hristos, care fusese rastignit, s-a ridicat din mormant.
Such indeed were the precautions of human wisdom. The next thing was to seek means of propitiating the gods, and recourse was had to the Sibylline books, by the direction of which prayers were offered to Vulcanus, Ceres, and Proserpina. Juno, too, was entreated by the matrons, first, in the Capitol, then on the nearest part of the coast, whence water was procured to sprinkle the fane and image of the goddess. And there were sacred banquets and nightly vigils celebrated by married women. But all human efforts, all the lavish gifts of the emperor, and the propitiations of the gods, did not banish the sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order. Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the po****ce. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become po****r. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired.
Gasiti pasajul aici (click pe Book XV):
http://ancienthistor...tus/annals.html
Fragmentul de mai sus mi se pare o confirmare
independenta a faptului ca Isus a trait si a fost oficial!! executat in Iudeea, pe vremea imparatului Tiberiu si a lui Pontiu Pilat, care detinea pe atunci functia de procurator.
Desigur, aceasta mentiune nu pare intr-atat de semnificativa, dar se dovedeste totusi extrem de utila in combaterea teoriilor pe care unii inca le mai aduc in discutie:
- Isus din Nazaret n-a existat niciodata
- El nu a murit in urma pedepsei cu moartea pe care i-au aplicat-o romanii la vremea stiuta.
Zero toleranta pentru lipsa de toleranta fata de un copil !
Maamiii, îmi place pielea ta! E ca de câltitzã" :-)) - din jurnalul unei mãmici de bãietel.