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Book One: CHAPTER II: From Egypt to Exile

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER IIFrom Egypt to ExileAncient Egypt was apparently blessed by the gods long before Joseph and his family ever arrived. The Nile river, the cent..

Book One: CHAPTER III--After Exile and the Greek E..

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER IIIAfter Exile and the Greek Experiment559 B.C.E.Shortly after the people of Judah were carried off to Babylon, a new world power was emerging..

Book One: CHAPTER IV--The Roman Occupation

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER IVThe Roman OccupationThe Roman’s traced their origins back to the mythical figures of Romulus and Remus, twin brothers who were credite..

Book One: CHAPTER V--Elements of Jewish Identity

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER VElements of Jewish IdentityJudaism is a complex religion with a long history. The person of Abraham can considered to be the first Jew in tha..

Book One: CHAPTER VI--Judaism in the First Century..

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER VIJudaism in the First Century C.E.Generally speaking, one can make the case that the history of Judaism from the time of Alexander the Great ..

Book Two: PRE-NICENE CHRISTIANITY

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

BOOK TWOPRE-NICENE CHRISTIANITYThe Quest for the Historical JesusThe historian can say very little about Jesus of Nazareth with certainty. Most of the..

Book Two: CHAPTER I--The Church in Jerusalem

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER IThe Church in Jerusalemc. 33 C.E.Matthew and John’s Gospels preserve a tradition that the inner-circle of the Jesus movement spent a pe..

Book Two: CHAPTER II--Gentile Christianity

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER IIGentile ChristianityJerusalem had not yet slipped into isolation and ignominy when the first Gentiles found their way into the Christian mov..

Book Two: CHAPTER III--The Blood of the Martyrs: R..

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER IIIThe Blood of the Martyrs:Roman Persecution in the First CenturyThe popular conception of an aggressive Roman campaign against the nascent C..

Book Two: CHAPTER IV--Roman Persecutions in The Se..

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER IVRoman Persecutions in The Second Century96 C.E.Like the antecedent persecution of Christianity initiated by Nero, Domitian’s pogrom en..

Book Two: CHAPTER V--The Apostle to the Heretics

A Chapter by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

CHAPTER V“The Apostle to the Heretics”To this point the Christian movement had been subject to the antagonisms of the Palestinian Jewish r..

John's Revelation

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

My translation of the Book of Revelation which can be found in The New Peace Treaty: A New Translation of the New Testament for a New Millennium

The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (a.k.a The Did..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

My rendering from the Greek of the Didache, and early Christian manual, dated somewhere between AD 70 to AD 150

The Most Important Thing I Learned in Seminary

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

So when he came down from the mountain a lot more people wanted to become his students. And check it out! A leper approached him. He kneeled at Jesus&..

How the Camel Slips Through the Eye of the Needle

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

Now someone approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” Jesus answered him... “If you wish to en..

Welfare Jesus

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

Not long after that, Jesus traveled to a city called Nain. His students went with him, as did a large crowd of people. He came across a funeral proces..

Christmas is the Compassion of God

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

My beloved brethren:This very day in David's town your Savior was born - Christ the Lord! You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a feedin..