Rome's Values

Jesus' Values

• Love of Honor

• Love of God and other

• Rank consciousness

• Welcome the least

• Control others

• Become servant of all

• Conspicuous consumption

• Open commensality

• "Peace" comes from the sword

• "Peace" comes from giving oneself fully to God

• Civitatis Romanum, monument to human power and ingenuity

• City of God, monument to divine justice and mercy

• World Empire under Caesar

• World Empire under God

• "Limited good" outlook on life/economy

• "Unlimited good" outlook

• "Disposable" humans

• Every human person is of inestimable value to God

• A civilization should be judged by how much it Improves the world (via machines, medicine, engineering, etc.)

• A civilization is judged by how much it treats "the least," "the little ones"—the widow, orphan, alien, indigent, cripple, etc.