Rzymski kult imperialny w świetle ksiąg Nowego Testamentu i świadectw pozabiblijnych

In the Anchor Bible Dictionary we can read, that: "The Roman imperial cult may be defined as the offering of divine honors to a living or dead emperor". There are some features of this phenomenon in the New Testament and contemporary Greco-Roman literature. Two of them are specific for present study. There are: Jewish tax and three significant imperial titles, such as: "Savior of the world", "Lord" and "Lord and God". In the fourth Gospel Jesus is addressed by the titles that were appropriated by one or more of the Roman emperors who reigned at the end of the first century. The presence of the titles in John's Gospel means that John knew of these honorifics in their Roman setting and the claim associated with them.