Heather Barkman, Author at Rupert's Land News https://rupertslandnews.ca News from the Diocese of Rupert's Land in the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:44:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/rupertslandnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/solid-blue.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Heather Barkman, Author at Rupert's Land News https://rupertslandnews.ca 32 32 62678561 On Family and Identity: The Passion of Perpetua https://rupertslandnews.ca/on-family-and-identity/ https://rupertslandnews.ca/on-family-and-identity/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:37:36 +0000 https://rupertslandnews.ca/the-communion-of-saints-the-chosen-family-of-god-copy/ In the first few centuries of the Common Era, Christians were the targets of sporadic persecutions by the Roman authorities. The imperial persecutions of Decius, Valerian, and Diocletian were interspersed with more localized outbreaks of violence, as Christians’ refusal to pay homage to the traditional Roman gods made them convenient scapegoats whenever things went wrong. […]

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