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AN 1,800-YEAR-OLD DECLARATION THAT JESUS IS LORDIn 2018, a small silver amulet dating to around AD 230 was discovered in the grave of a Christian man in the Roman town of Nida, northwest of modern Frankfurt, Germany.Inside the amulet was a thin sheet of silver containing an 18-line Latin inscription. Because the silver had been rolled up for nearly 1,800 years and was too fragile to open, researchers used high-resolution CT scans to virtually unroll it and reveal the words.The discovery is now considered the earliest definitive evidence of Christianity north of the Alps. Unlike many ancient amulets that mixed different religions with superstition or magic, this inscription is completely centered on Jesus Christ. It even contains an early Latin quotation from Philippians 2:10–11.The translated inscription reads:“[...] of Saint Titus. Holy, holy, holy!In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God!The Lord of the world resists with all His strength every attack. God grants entry to well-being.May this means of salvation protect the man who surrenders himself to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, since before Jesus Christ every knee bows: those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and every tongue confesses Jesus Christ.”Long before Christianity received legal recognition in the Roman Empire, a believer living far north of Rome was already confessing Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Lord of the world. This remarkable discovery shows just how early the gospel had spread and how firmly the first Christians held to the truth about Christ.