rhetoric. The English equivalent 'humanist' makes its appearance in the late sixteenth centurywith a similar meaning. Only in the nineteenth century, however
first-century Christianity, were too much identified with their respective "brands" of Christianity, at least in the eyes of Christians at the opposite
Berlin Bear with Brandenburg coat of arms, late 18th / Early 19th Century; Märkisches Museum Berlin Ceiling painting (detail: female allegory with wreath of
royal annals, along withthe Mesha and Dan inscriptions, show a thriving northern state called Israël in the mid—9th century, and the continuity of settlement