Even better if it is 1 Maccabees.
Thought For The Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I agree with Donald.
One of the more absurd and disgusting appellations Alexander’s successors assumed was SOTER or SOTEROS, meaning “savior”. (An ironic homonym for Barry Sotero BTW). The Seleucids and Ptolemies had at least one dude with that title. After Persia and later Macedon swept aside the old sacred monarchies and their gods, the disillusioned masses started worshiping men (i.e. “practical politics”). As we have lost our Christian heritage, some in the culture are following the same path.