Theophilos

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Theophilos, a Greek agnostic, is worried about his son Loukas, a follower of Christ, and determined to bring him home, he embarks on a long journey. A physician deeply committed to reason as the guiding principle of his life, Theophilos leaves Crete, where he lives, to verify for himself what is said about Christ, his theories, and what is happening. Despite his investigations, he finds nothing conclusive: convinced that Loukas has been ensnared by a new religion, he returns to Crete only to realize that he himself is the one imprisoned, imprisoned by "reason." Through conflicts between nations, myth and truth, good and evil, Theophilos undergoes an inner journey into a spiritual dimension he never imagined he possessed. The reader, propelled into ancient civilizations—Roman, Jewish, and Greek—encounters, along with the protagonist, the first Christians, men who believed from the beginning that Christ was the Messiah. Although Theophilos is a man of his time, it is not difficult to empathize with him in this story that speaks of the mysterious relationship between faith and reason and the power of love over death.