THEOS: (yeos) God (equivalent to the Hebrew Elohim), 1,000 times in the NT. In the NT all the persons of the trinity are called God at one time or another. I AM: Jesus upset his generation especially when He said, Before Abraham was, I AM, John 8:58.
The Black Death, 1348. Printer Friendly Version >>>. Coming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe unprecedented in recorded history. By the time the epidemic played itself out three years later, anywhere between 25% and 50% of Europe's population had fallen victim to the pestilence.
What the Black Death Was. When historians refer to The Black Death, they mean the specific outbreak of plague that took place in Europe in the mid-14th century. The Black Death came to Europe in October of 1347, spread swiftly through most of Europe by the end of 1349 and on to Scandinavia and Russia in the 1350s.