An Easter Disciple: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight

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An Easter Disciple: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight

by Arthur Benton Sanford

EN·~47 minutes·4 chapters

Chapters

4 total
1

AN EASTER DISCIPLE

0:04
2

ARTHUR BENTON SANFORD

0:01
3

IN MEMORY OF ABSENT ONES - WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO LIFE - AN OPENING WORD

46:44
4

"HERE RESTS THE DUST OF QUINTUS, OF NOBLE BLOOD; IN THE FAITH OF THE ASCENDED LORD HE HAS ENTERED UPON THE ETERNAL LIFE."

0:13

Description

Set against the turbulent dawn of the first century, the story follows Quintus Cornelius Benignus, a cultured Roman knight stationed on the high ridge of Scopus overlooking Jerusalem. As soldiers pass the camp in idle chatter, Quintus and his longtime companion Aulus turn their thoughts to deeper questions of life, death, and the promises whispered by the world’s great religions. The narrative weaves together the bustling Roman military world with the quiet, awe‑inspiring landscape of the Holy City, inviting listeners to feel the weight of history pressing on a young man poised at the crossroads of empire and faith.

Through Quintus’s eyes we glimpse an earnest quest for truth amid competing doctrines—from Egyptian hymns to Hindu verses—while the looming presence of Christ’s teachings begins to shape his understanding of eternity. His internal struggle is rendered with vivid, lyrical prose, capturing the tension between duty to Rome and a growing curiosity about the risen Messiah. Listeners are drawn into a contemplative journey that balances scholarly reflection with the raw immediacy of a soldier’s life on the edge of a world about to change forever.

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Language

en

Duration

~47 minutes (45K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-06-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Arthur Benton Sanford

Arthur Benton Sanford

A Methodist minister and religious writer, he is best remembered for An Easter Disciple, a short 1922 novel that retells the story of Easter through the eyes of a Roman observer. His work blends Christian devotion with a simple storytelling style that made biblical themes feel immediate and personal.

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