Kevin Butcher

What is Truth? (Christ and Pilate), by Nikolai Nikolaevich, 1890.

Whose Authority?

The separation of politics and religion has its roots in discourses over whether or not Pontius Pilate could be held guilty of having ordered ‘the death of God’.

Christ before Pilate, from a French book of hours by Henri d'Orquevaulx, c. 1420-30. Cleveland Museum of Art. Public Domain.

The Strange Christian Afterlife of Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who faced the ultimate politician’s dilemma, was put to use as a Christian convert by the early church.