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Every generation has an uncanny tendency to view themselves as more enlightened than those that have gone before. The Church certainly has made mistakes all through history—and yet, no insights which we possess would be possible without the efforts, and even some of the mistakes, of our ancestors. The first volume of 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power covers the period from the 1st Century AD to the...

committing idolatry, and could often live the life of a soldier without having to kill anyone, since in the Roman Empire the army acted as a police, prison and fire service, as well as a strictly military force. Christian soldiers spread the gospel as they did tours of duty in different parts of the Empire; some famous Christians, e.g. Pachomius,13 were converted by Christian soldier-evangelists. During times of persecution, Christian soldiers were often the first to suffer: picked out and put to
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