This mosaic is the biggest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The earliest "Jesus is God" declaration from 230 AD โ and it's just the start of what we've found.
Mega thread of archaeology that supports the New Testament... ๐งต
When this was found beneath an Israeli prison, it changed the entire narrative of early Christianity. The Megiddo Mosaic is inscribed with the following:
"God Jesus Christ".
Scholars had long claimed Christ's divinity was a later invention, e.g. by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.
But it appears that early Christians *did* believe Jesus was the son of God โ right from the very start.
There are 7 stages of spiritual growth according to Saint Augustine.
You can use his roadmap to ascend from a purely material existence to the highest state of the mind.
Most people get stuck at step 3... (thread) ๐งต
In 388 AD, Saint Augustine proposed that the soul's journey to God unfolds in 7 distinct steps.
His 7 stages also correspond to the 7 days of creation...
1. Animatio (basic life)
The soul starts off enslaved to the physical world. In Confessions, Augustine recounts his experience as a young man immersed in pleasure and ambition, while blind to the spiritual world...