[Magdalen] Quo Vadis.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

M>I'm always impressed at how knowledgeable my Jewish friends are about
Christianity.

Well, we co-opted their sacred texts and turned them into the groundwork for the Christian Holy Book which many Christians don't even acknowledge... they've GOT to keep track of "us"! Only a slight <gdr>. 
Lynn 


On Jan 18, 2019, at 11:16 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

To say nothing of the strange idea many if us had that Romans spoke English
with a British accent
:-D

Mervyn LeRoy (the director) was Jewish.
I'm always impressed at how knowledgeable my Jewish friends are about
Christianity.
Then again they understand persecution at a level few white Christians can
fathom.
-M



On Friday, January 18, 2019, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> I watched a movie last night, "Quo Vadis" (Domine) dating from1961 (on the
> Turner Network).  I remember the movie at the timeof its original release,
> having quite an impact on me.  I didn't
> realize until this viewing last night, just how much the filmhas colored
> my mental picture of the Roman Empire andearly Christianity.  For example,
> the view from Caesar Neros'balcony over the Forum Romanum is what I think
> of whenthinking about Rome.  Ditto the early Christian worship in
> thecatacombs, and the burning of Rome by Nero, the latterplayed beautifully
> by Peter Ustinov.  Debra Kerr and RobertTaylor also starred in this epic
> which was NOT directed byCecil B. DeMille.
> Perhaps the most memorable scenes are of Christianmartyrdom in the
> Colosseum, and Saint Peter's vision on theAppian Way when he asks "Quo
> Vadis" (Whither goest Thou")and then returns to Rome to be crucified upside
> down
> They don't make 'em like that any more.
> 
> 
> David Strang.
> 
>