Arnobius, the 4th Century Christian scholar on the issue. Why did Jesus – if we assume that he was divine for argument’s sake – come when he did and not earlier? This was a popular critique of Christianity by pagans during the Roman period and it’s a question not only early Christians struggled to answer but Christian apologists right up…
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Christian critics of Julian the Apostate – Socrates Scholasticus
Julian the apostate, the last Roman Pagan Emperor had a short reign of less than two years but he made a big splash and is arguably the most well known Emperor of the late Roman period. But various Christian theologians, chroniclers and thinkers would be highly critical of him and his championing of paganism after his death. So this article…