个人读下来的感受是“虎头蛇肚松鼠尾巴”。前两章重点论述西方古希腊古罗马和古代犹太教,也即before christ的神格形成,进行了非常提纲挈领的归纳总结:天生的,混血的和赏赐提拔的。东西方的共同特点是都具备神的金字塔体系,只是犹太教的Lord与金字塔的底座时间的跃迁更明显——底座呈现波性的,而Lord则体现了粒子性。
How Jesus Became GodWritten for secular historians of religion and believers alike, will engage anyone interested in the historical developments that led to the affirmation at the heart of Christianity: Jesus was, and is, God.About The BookPoetry...
其实最一开始就没有大多数,胜者为王,成为正统,正好这一派在罗马,罗马人有钱,懂管理,扩张的快 catholic=universal 耶稣自己从来没说过自己就是God,三位一体是后来发展的 Proto-orthodox 耶稣同时是人和神, One person,耶稣是God的word/logos,耶稣和GOd的关系等于一个人和他说的话的关系 20 三位一体 Spirit of G...
New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church. The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples...
Christians did not invent the idea that a person can only be saved by Jesus Christians say that Jesus is the only way to God because Jesus Himself said He was the only way to God. It is Jesus’ claim, not our invention. Consider these verses where Christ eliminates alternative ways to ...
What God promises, we ourselves do not through free will of human nature, but He Himself does by grace within us…Men labor to find in our own will something that is our own, and not God’s; how can they find it, I know not.”...
Jesus’ response in Mark 6:38 was simple: “How many loaves do you have?” And with the meager resources at hand, a few loaves and fish, Jesus fed the hungry. Most of the time we don’t realize how many “loaves” we have. We don’t realize the many ways we can feed those ...
“He’d heard us worshipping and had seen a light in the prayer room, and he realised Jesus was the light.” How does a 24-7 Prayer Room play a role in mission work? We’ve been so inspired by some of the stories of prayer and mission from our friends at Altitude Mission – we...
It’s hard to square Fr. Rude’s idea that mortal sin requires a conscious rebellion from God with Jesus’ own words on the matter. Foretelling his words of condemnation to the damned, Jesus says that they will say, “Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or nake...
And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! GOD'S WORD® Translation The disciples were stunned by his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Ch...