Italian colonists in the Dodecanese the island of Rhodes. Approximately 40,000 Italian soldiers and sailors were on military duty in the Dodecanese islands in 1940. The appointment of Fascist quadrumvir Cesare Maria De Vecchi as governor of the Italian Aegean Islands in 1936 marked a turning point. De Vecchi promoted a more vigorous and forceful program of Italianization, which was only interrupted by Italy's entry in World War II in 1940. Indeed, he promoted the possible unification of the islands to Italy as part of the fascist ideal of an Imperial Italy. During World War II, Italy joined the Axis Powers, and used the Dodecanese
Greek Gospel of the Egyptians is difficult to tell from what group the text originated. Another comparable verse appended to the "Gospel of Thomas", probably in Egypt, reads: The so-called Second Epistle of Clement (12:2) closely paraphrases a passage that was also quoted by Clement of Alexandria (in "Stromateis" iii): The trope appears in the "Gospel of Thomas", saying (37): For a somewhat later Gnostic work assigning a prominent role to Jesus' female disciples, see "Pistis Sophia". Greek Gospel of the Egyptians The Greek "Gospel of the Egyptians" is an early Christian religious text. Its title is adopted from its opening line. The Greek Gospel