The Last Temple
“Vitas had bathed and been tended to by slaves, and he’d felt guilty about it, then felt vaguely un-Roman for this guilt.
He knew the source of his guilt. It had begun in the previous months in Alexandria, where he and Sophia had lived a very simple life in a small circle that included only Jerome, Arella, Quintus and Valeria, Ben-Aryeh, and their own son.
Many hours Vitas and Sophia had discussed faith and what it meant to be a follower of the Christos, with Sophia fully committed and Vitas cur...ious but still reserved.
The teachings of the Christos were radical. To follow him, one had to crucify oneself. “It is no longer I who live,” Sophia had once told Vitas, “but the Christos who lives in me.”
Vitas knew that Sophia ached for her husband to share her faith. She’d told him that one must give up not just part but all of oneself. One could no longer be a rugged individualist. Following the Christos involved being baptized into a body of believers who considered everyone equal—indeed, as fellow slaves of the Christos, each was to consider others better than himself.MoreLess
He knew the source of his guilt. It had begun in the previous months in Alexandria, where he and Sophia had lived a very simple life in a small circle that included only Jerome, Arella, Quintus and Valeria, Ben-Aryeh, and their own son.
Many hours Vitas and Sophia had discussed faith and what it meant to be a follower of the Christos, with Sophia fully committed and Vitas cur...ious but still reserved.
The teachings of the Christos were radical. To follow him, one had to crucify oneself. “It is no longer I who live,” Sophia had once told Vitas, “but the Christos who lives in me.”
Vitas knew that Sophia ached for her husband to share her faith. She’d told him that one must give up not just part but all of oneself. One could no longer be a rugged individualist. Following the Christos involved being baptized into a body of believers who considered everyone equal—indeed, as fellow slaves of the Christos, each was to consider others better than himself.MoreLess
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