But soon this socio-political setting was to disappear with the Church giving up temporal power and holding on only to authority in spiritual matters. Then came the medieval ages when the Church enjoyed both temporal and spiritual power and at times consorted with the secular power of the kings and emperors including the era of Napoleon the Great. The history of the earliest persecutions records the valiant hundreds of the first martyrs who were killed in the amphitheater of the Coliseum. In the name of this humble but Eternal Galilean teacher, his disciples were ready even to lay down their lives whilst refusing to worship Caesar as a God or the bevy of other pagan gods of the infamous Roman pantheon decreed by the Emperor. The Bible attests that Jesus of Nazareth, crucified and Risen at Easter has been given a Name that is above every other name, one of cosmic significance, before whom all in the heavens, the earth and under the earth have to go on bended knee proclaiming him to be the sovereign “Lord”. It preached a call for a reconciliation of Jews and the non-Jewish gentiles transcending differences of religion, race, language, social class, ethnicity and even gender. In the first five centuries of Christianity in addition to the Christian message taking root in the great middle-eastern world covering the cities of Athens, Corinth, etc., it had also reached imperial Rome and all colonial territories of its mighty empire.
For 20 long centuries of the Christian era, this Good news of life and freedom had been proclaimed in cities, towns and villages, to the rich and the poor alike, to those of higher and lower social status as well to kings and governments, to those in seats of power and those governed, with the sole purpose of transforming the world into an oasis of life and fashioning a civilization of love. It was a mandate permanently valid, meant to reach people of all cultures, civilizations, ethnicities and tongues. The Risen Lord empowered his disciples to go and teach all nations to observe whatever he has taught them assuring them of his unfailing presence accompanying them till the end of the world. Prosperity in life and an environment of freedom bring to birth a wonderful world-society where people live in safety, security and peace, with solidarity, dialogue, goodwill, sharing, collaboration, trust and confidence in one another reinforcing the sense of humanity and thus enabling nations to be at peace and truly enjoy the bounty of life’s blessings.
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Easter hails triumph of Life and Human LiberationĮaster, the most significant Christian festival, heralds a message of life and brings with it the good news of human liberation, for in Jesus Christ of Nazareth who is risen from the darkness of the grave of death and burial, we are treated to the wonderful invitation to embrace and defend life as well as be involved in every way possible in bringing true freedom to our fellow human beings while doing our utmost to set them free from all chains of slavery that rob them of their human dignity and fundamental God-given rights.
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