"Why do you stand here staring into the sky?" Acts of the Apostles can be read as a sequel to the Gospel of Luke. It was written to be read aloud to a group of Christians gathered for the Communion. The author engages the reader by questioning a Christian's proper relationship with the Roman Empire, the civil power of the day: could a Christian obey God and also Caesar? The answer is ambiguous then, and still is. The Romans had (so far) never move...
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