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Flavius Claudius Julianus
Pagan interactions with Christianity
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Moses of Crete and his failure to part the sea
Moses of Crete and his failure to part the sea
The fifth-century ‘prophet’ who led his followers to disaster
Julian Bhullar
Jun 1
Why did Jesus came so late in human history
Why did Jesus came so late in human history
Arnobius, the 4th Century Christian scholar tries to explain
Julian Bhullar
Dec 27, 2023
Slavery and the early Church fathers
Slavery and the early Church fathers
An evil practice accepted by early Christian and Jews theologians
Julian Bhullar
Jun 3, 2023
Celsus on the ‘resurrection’
Celsus on the ‘resurrection’
The resurrection of Jesus as written in the gospel narratives is arguably the major key belief in Christianity. So let’s take a look at…
Julian Bhullar
Mar 27, 2023
Paganism in 12th century Europe
Paganism in 12th century Europe
By the time of the official end of the Western Roman Empire in 476CE, most of mainland southern Europe and France and England had been…
Julian Bhullar
Feb 27, 2023
The Vandal conquest of North Africa
The Vandal conquest of North Africa
The Vandals were one of the more powerful Germanic tribes who penetrated the defences of the Roman Empire on the River Rhine as the empire…
Julian Bhullar
Dec 4, 2022
Cosmas the monk on the Genesis story
Cosmas the monk on the Genesis story
Christians had been wrestling with the numerous weaknesses and problems in the Genesis story ever since the beginnings of Christianity. And…
Julian Bhullar
Sep 30, 2022
The Tree of Thor
The Tree of Thor
One of the most famous pagan holy sites in what is now Germany during the early Medieval age was a sacred grove in the region of Hesse in…
Julian Bhullar
Sep 14, 2022
Christian critics of Julian the Apostate — Socrates Scholasticus
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…
Julian Bhullar
Aug 20, 2022
Aelia Capitolina, the pagan Jerusalem
Aelia Capitolina, the pagan Jerusalem
Emperor Hadrian and the building of a new city
Julian Bhullar
Jul 24, 2022
Why Jesus failed to stop the sack of Christian Rome.
Why Jesus failed to stop the sack of Christian Rome.
St. Augustine of Hippo’s view in ‘City of God’
Julian Bhullar
Jul 7, 2022
Constantine on Jews and Judaism
Constantine on Jews and Judaism
It’s common knowledge that Constantine was the first Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire. And it’s fairly well known that he began a…
Julian Bhullar
Jun 1, 2022
Why Jesus was very much human not God
Why Jesus was very much human not God
The thoughts of the pagan philosopher Porphyry
Julian Bhullar
May 8, 2022
The intolerance of the Alexandrian Christians towards the pagans
The intolerance of the Alexandrian Christians towards the pagans
The pagan Emperor Julian castigates the Christians for deserting their pagan faith
Julian Bhullar
Apr 23, 2022
The Roman Emperor Majorian on protecting pagan temples in late antiquity
The Roman Emperor Majorian on protecting pagan temples in late antiquity
The Emperor Majorian is generally accepted as the last great Roman statesmen-general that ascended to the imperial throne and with him the…
Julian Bhullar
Mar 26, 2022
Five reasons for the success of early Christianity
Five reasons for the success of early Christianity
by Edward Gibbon, 18th C. author of ‘The Decline and fall of the Roman Empire’
Julian Bhullar
Mar 13, 2022
Prudentius, the 4th Century Christian theologian on the origin of evil
Prudentius, the 4th Century Christian theologian on the origin of evil
Why Satan is the instigator
Julian Bhullar
Feb 23, 2022
The pagan Celsus on the Christian heaven and hell
The pagan Celsus on the Christian heaven and hell
His critique on the offensive nature of the Christian afterlife
Julian Bhullar
Feb 4, 2022
Why didnt Jesus come earlier than he did
Why didnt Jesus come earlier than he did
Why couldn’t Jesus be born before the Roman Empire was established?
Julian Bhullar
Jan 23, 2022
How Paulus Orosius described the sack of Rome by the Goths in 410AD
How Paulus Orosius described the sack of Rome by the Goths in 410AD
The sack of Rome by the Goths in the year 410AD was one of the most important events in European and world history. One of the earliest…
Julian Bhullar
Dec 20, 2021
The Roman Emperor Julian on the Christian contempt for pagan shrines and temples
The Roman Emperor Julian on the Christian contempt for pagan shrines and temples
It’s pretty well known that the early Christians showed a lot of open contempt for pagan shrines and statues as they passed by them on the…
Julian Bhullar
Dec 4, 2021
Why early Christianity promoted the belief in a flat Earth
Why early Christianity promoted the belief in a flat Earth
.. When the pagan Greeks believed the Earth was round
Julian Bhullar
Nov 26, 2021
Celsus on whether Man is the special creation of God
Celsus on whether Man is the special creation of God
A critique of Christian anthropocentrism
Julian Bhullar
Sep 18, 2021
Jesus compares the Canaanite woman to a dog
Jesus compares the Canaanite woman to a dog
How the third century Christian Origen justified this insult
Julian Bhullar
Jun 4, 2021
Real liberation is the search of knowledge and wisdom.
Real liberation is the search of knowledge and wisdom.
Celsus and the early criticisms of Christianity
Julian Bhullar
Apr 13, 2021
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