Through examining the life and work of the man who is generally known as the Apostle Paul, I hope to challenge the idea that the founder of Christianity was a saint and replace it with the possibility that he really was an agent-provocateur working for the Roman administration in Palestine ...
Even skeptics of Christianity believe that Jesus of Nazareth existed. Maurice Casey (an emeritus professor at the University of Nottingham) “left the Christian faith in 1962”[66] and calls himself “completely irreligious.”[67] Yet regarding mythicism, he writes, The whole idea that Jesus ...
Well, there was a change in date of Passover from the 14th of Nisan to a Sunday by some who professed Christianity. This is believed to have happened primarily because of theBar Kokhba rebellion by the Jews (c. 132-135) and that any distancing between Jews and claimed Christians seemed p...
When did Israel start building settlements in the West Bank? When did Iran become the Islamic Republic of Iran? When did the Crusaders capture Jerusalem? When did the Assyrian Empire conquer Israel? When did the United States join the Kashmir conflict? When did Sea Peoples come to Palestine?
When Steiner finally arrives at the Mysteries’influence on early Christianitywe are in for a surprise. If I understand his somewhat obscure prose correctly,Steiner suggests that what the initiates once heard and saw in the Mysteries in thetemples of Egypt was transformed into the historical Jesus...
[I have always found the claim that Judeo-Christianity's lack of acceptance of homosexuality as a morally legitimate sexual expression was merely a cultural stance--not 'timeless' or 'transcultural'--to be a bit weak, in light of the above list of cultures. The range of times/cultures ...
was part of the Romanised christianity from the start, and one 4th century writer said "make me a Bishop of Rome today and I'll become a Christian tomorrow", referring to the wealth that cult leaders attracted. It is from this time that the Four Gospels were chosen as canon and othe...
land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious-Within a few years. With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-With the help of Allah. He helps whom He will, and He i...
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history of early Christianity, the development of the early Christian church from its roots in the Jewish community of Roman Palestine to the conversion of Constantine I and the convocation of the First Council of Nicaea. For a more extensive treatment of the history and beliefs of the Christian...