In three magisterial essays, Peter Brown, one of the world's foremost scholars of the society and culture of late antiquity, explores the emergence in late Roman society of "the poor" as a distinct social class, one for which the Christian church claimed a special responsibility. It is the story of how a society came to see itself as responsible for the care of a particular class of people -- a class that had not previously been cared for -- and of who benefited from that shift in interests.

In his characteristically elegant and lucid prose, Brown seeks to recover the pre-Christian status...

I am very fortunate to have received Mary Magdalene's message and to understand the future plans for the Earth. During the time that I have been recording her message, Mary has mentioned a number of concepts that have blown my mind These are explained with a simplicity that everyone can understand.

I have researched other messages channelled from Mary Magdalene and others that knew her and they all support the message I have written here. I am completely convinced by Mary's words and the accuracy of her predictions. Accept or deny the ideas in this book, but at least think about them....