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Article #12685Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: Alex W.
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:44
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:44
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"The Loan Arranger" <noone@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message news:5d-dnbl8Ndd98eLVRVnyvgA@bt.com... > Smiler wrote: >> "rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message >> > The only writer of the new Testament who was a Roman citizen was Paul. >> ================================ >> All the writers were Roman citizens. > > I'm sorry to say, Smiler, Robbie's probably right for once. Roman > Citizenship was distinct from being a citizen of a country under Roman > jurisdiction, and was very hard to earn. > > What I'm unsure about is whether he was a full Roman Citizen, or whether > he held the Latin Right, which was a kind of halfway-house between > non-citizenship and being a full Citizen. Ordinary people in a subjugated > country probably wouldn't really appreciate the difference, or could be > blinded to it. It wasn't uncommon for LR holders to claim to their peers > to be RCs, to enhance their standing, but they definitely wouldn't try > that to an official, at least not if they valued their life or position. http://www.jgames.co.uk/title/Roman_citizenship Luke may or may not have been a Roman citizen; there is even speculation that he had been a slave, in which case he certainly would not have been a full citizen. Being natives of Palestine, it seems unlikely that Mark or Matthew had been full citizens.
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