Are We Following The Roman Empire’s Path of Decline? Part 1: The Death of True Art

“God defines what is beautiful. Beauty comes from the Lord, as Genesis 1:31 says, “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” When God created the earth and the entire universe in six days, He declared that everything was just as it was supposed to be. King David describes the beauty of God’s creation; “The heavens declare the glory of God and the sky above his handiwork” (Psalm 19:1).”

(Seth Brickley – TruthScript) Edward Gibbon was a British Essayist and Historian who lived from 1737 to 1794. He wrote the book “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” The Roman Empire was arguably the greatest empire of the ancient world. Its dominance lasted longer than the Babylonian, Persian, and Greco-Macedonian empires that came before it. After defeating Carthage in the Punic Wars, what followed was a period of great peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana….

This period was marked by the absence of war, economic prosperity, infrastructure expansion, and a rejuvenation of art, literature, and architecture. It was far from perfect, as it was led by pagan emperors, but the Empire benefited from putting forth common-sense actions. These actions often conformed to God’s ordering of the world. Any time a people does things God’s way, even pagans, they will see some benefit, as the Roman Empire did.   View article →

 

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