According to this article by Tim Newcomb:
An 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered buried in a Frankfurt, Germany grave, still next to the chin of the man who wore it, has 18 lines of text written in Latin on just 1.37 inches of silver foil. ...
The amulet—and the inscription—are the oldest evidence of Christianity found north of the Alps.
Every other link to reliable evidence of Christian life in the northern Alpine area of the Roman Empire is at least 50 years younger, all coming from the fourth century A.D. But the amulet, found in a grave dating between 230 and 270 A.D. and now known as “The Frankfurt Inscription,” was made to better decipher the inscription. ...
... The Frankfurt Silver Inscription, based on the most updated translation:
(In the name?) of Saint Titus.
Holy, holy, holy!
In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God!
The Lord of the World
resists with [strength?]
all attacks(?)/setbacks(?).
The god(?) grants well-being
Admission.
This rescue device(?) protects
the person who is
surrenders to the will
of the Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son,
since before Jesus Christ
all knees bow: the heavenly ones,
the earthly and
the underground, and every tongue
confess (to Jesus Christ).
Without a reference to any other faith besides Christianity, rare for amulets of this age, the purely Christian inscription not only shows the rise of Christianity to the north, but also the amulet owner’s devotion.
During the third century A.D., association with Christianity was still dangerous, and identifying as Christian came with great personal risk, especially as Roman emperor Nero punished Christians with death or even a date in the Colosseum. That was no matter for this man in Frankfurt who took his allegiance to Jesus Christ to his grave.
The scientific study is bolstered by references never found so early, such as mention of Saint Titus, a student of the Apostle Paul, the invocation “holy, holy, holy!” which wasn’t more common until the fourth century A.D., and the phrase “bend your knees,” which is a quote from Paul’s letter to the Philippians.
This amulet confirms what I have been learning from historians of early Christianity regarding how the Christian faith spread; how it was not just Christian hospitality and kindness but also the belief that the Christian God provided "admission" to godhood (theosis) among the "heavenly ones" and Christ was more powerful than the other gods (in whom "all kness bow") in providing protection and divine favor; i.e., the ability to gain success just as Constantine had first interpreted the cross as the sign through which he would conquer.
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