IV. SAULIAN STASI

THE DRAMA OF THE LOST DISCIPLES BY GEORGE F. JOWETT
FOLLOWING the disappearance of the body and the Ascension of Christ, an evil, brooding passion for vengeance seized upon the ruling priesthood of the Sanhedrin. In secret conclave they plotted and planned a campaign of unremitting persecution against the followers of ‘The Way’. Maliciously, they determined to exterminate all who failed to escape their bloody hands.

Throughout this reign of terror Joseph remained the stalwart, fearless protector of the disciples and of the women. On every possible occasion he stood between them and their enemies, a veritable tower of strength...Nevertheless, it became a losing battle. Within four years after the death of Christ, a.d. 36, many of the devotees were scattered out of Jerusalem and Judea. There is little doubt that the ships of Joseph, coordinating with the Christian underworld, carried numerous of the faithful in safety to other lands.

NOTE: Cardinal Baronius, who is considered the most outstanding historian of the Roman Catholic Church, quoting from his Ecclesiastical Annals referring to the exodus of the year a.d. 36, solves the mystery as to the fate of Joseph of Arimathea and others who went into exile with him. He writes: ‘In that year the party mentioned was exposed to the sea in a vessel without sails or oars. The vessel drifted finally to Marseilles and they were saved. From Marseilles Joseph and his company passed into Britain and after preaching the Gospel there, died.’

No doubt, this event in British history will come as a surprise to many Christians, but there is a mass of corroborative evidence to support this historic passage by many reliable Greek and Roman authorities, including affirmation in the Jewish Encyclopaedia, under ‘Arles’.

NOTE: The word Gentile/ Gentiles comes from a Latin word which basically means "ONE WHO IS NOT A ROMAN CITIZEN." Which would refer to those Adamites dispersed in the British Isles from 3000 B.C. as The Isles were not part of the Roman Empire.