10 Most Evil People of the 3rd Century CE

Key Facts

Other names	"The Great Door" Baba ha-Gadol
Born	300?
Location	Shechem
Bloodline	Menasheh
Married	Yes
Children
Position	High Priest of Sarmatians, 1st Sarmatian "King of Israel" (332-362)
Died	362, Constantinople

Source of Facts and Important Announcement

Status	Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven.
Date of formal Beatification	Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012.
Source of Facts	Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint.

Background

Born in Shechem as the eldest son to Sarmatian High Priest Nethanel (300-332). He is notable for rejecting the cult of Paulinicism and rebuilding the Sarmatians as an independent state. He is also notable as the 1st Sarmatian High Priest to also claim himself "King of Israel".

After the uprisings known as the "Bar Kokhba Revolt" (133-135 CE) led by Simon ben Gamaliel III, the Rabbinical sect of Judaisim had been reduced to a handful of survivors.

The cult of Paulinicism had not fared much better after the death of its charismatic leader Joiachim (Justin Martyr) in 166, great grandson of Nethanel (Barabbas) also known as St Paul of Tarsus. The Sarmatians which had been split thanks to Paulinicism then underwent a return to pre-Pauline worship inthe tradition of the Sephardic Sarmatian liturgy, including animal sacrifice and rituals.

In spite of the history of turmoil, the land trade through the Palestinian region remained strategically vital for Constantinople as it did during the era of Rome. However, since the breakdown of Roman control of the region, the various Jewish noble family states such as the Himyarites (Yemen), Nabatea (Arabia) and Sarmara grew greatly in wealth and influence.

Upon the death of his father, Baba Rabba declared himself the 1st King of Israel. With the assistance of Scholar Marqah, Baba Rabba reconstituted Sarmara as a cohesive state, commissioning the rebuilding of the Sarmatian Temple at Mt Gerezim for the first time since its destruction under the Hasmoneans in the 2nd Century BCE.

Baba Rabba then ordered the kingdom of Israel to be divided upon into 12 administrative districts, each under the leadership of a layman and a priest family, or "tribe" of the Menasheh. This is almost certainly the origin of the 12 "tribes" of Israel and the search for their re-unification after the kingdom of Israel was smashed by the Byzantine armies of Justinian.

Baba Rabba also founded a legislative council of three priests and four laymen and conferred upon each member the title of "hakham".

Significantly, he introduced a number of new doctrines of faith concerning Sarmatian Judaism that have survived to this day. The Kippa woollen head piece, worn traditionally by the Sarmatians became an article of faith for all Jews in the region under the reforms.

The headress taken by the High Priests from the cult of Cybele during their exodus in Tarsus now became mandatory headdress. In spite of the historic fact that the wearing of items covering the head remained forbidden under traditional Jewish scripture and law reformed by Nehemiah and Ezra around 455 BCE, the legacy of Baba Rabba and the Sarmatians remains today with millions of Jews and Muslims today wearing the Kippa.

Another major religious innovation that has outlived Baba Rabba is the introduction of daily worship and devotion to the temple at Mt Gerezim. All Jews throughout the region were now required to undertake daily prayers towards the direction of Mt Gerezim -- a tradition continued through the Ummayad Sarmatian/Himyar Jewish rebels when they took over the fledgling religion of Islam through Uthman ibn Affan the Sadducee around 644.

By the end of his life he was captured by the Byzantine authorities as prisoner to Constantinople where he is said to have died soon after around 362.

His legacy would be not only the rebuilt temple of Mt Gerezim, but an autonomous state of Sarmara that would remain for two hundred years until the revolt and conquests of Messianic Sarmatian High priest Julianus ben Sabar in 527.

The Sarmatian state and their culture was finally destroyed by Emperor Justinian I by 531, the temple at Mt Gerezim finally destroyed for the last time. By the end of the brutal campaign by Justinian, the Sarmatian religion was outlawed as a capital crime and almost no Sarmatians of noble or priestly birth remained in their homeland.

Samaritans fled West across the Mediterranean to escape the Eastern power of the Holy Roman Empire, the most notable being the surviving High Priest bloodlines to the marshes at the mouth of the Po and Piave rivers at the top of the Adriatic and another colony of refugees that landed on the coast of the southern Aremorica along the Morbihan Bay in Gaul (Spain). Another notable group of refugees fled north and inland into the Caucus mountains, later to become known as the Khazars.

Whilst isolated, the Sarmatian refugees --no longer able to call themselves Sarmatians under the capital Roman crime--demonstrated remarkable cohesiveness. They renamed themselves the Enetoi -- Greek for "praisworthy/chosen" --soon becoming famous as traders and scholars.

Their colony in the north Adriatic was named after the renamed Sarmatians as Enetoi (Latin: Veneti), becoming one of the most famous cities in history --Venice.


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