Crucifixion
There were all sorts of places -- histories, journals, letters, war chronicles, poetry -- where Rome could have mentioned the subject of crucifixion, yet just about everywhere she remained strangely silent. Except in her comedy.
Read More“… the very word ‘cross’ should be far removed not only from the person of a Roman citizen but from his thoughts, his eyes and his ears. For it is not only the actual occurrence of these things or the endurance of them, but liability to them, the expectation, indeed the very mention of them, that is unworthy of a Roman citizen and a free man. ”
While there is much to commend about "Christian Comedy" and what it seeks to provide, it should be noted that the earliest Christian comics did not work "clean." At least that's what the Bible tells us.
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