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Regarding the meaning of the Emperor Julian’s writing in the following passage; It is, I think, expedient to set forth to all mankind the reasons by which I was convinced that the fabrication of the Galilaeans is a fiction of men composed by wickedness. Though it has in it nothing divine, by making ...

The Roman Emperor Julian didn't even consider that question. Yet Jesus, who won over the least worthy of you, has been known by name for but little more than three hundred years: and during his lifetime he accomplished nothing worth hearing of, unless anyone thinks that to heal crooked and blind men...

The Messianic Idea in Judaism by Gerschom Scholem What is surprising, however, indeed astoundingly so, is the nature of the spiritual world that the Sabbatians should have stumbled upon in the course of their search through the Bible for “the mystery of the Godhead” which exilic Judaism had allowed...

1. If Jesus did not exist intelligent people would not endlessly question his existence.
2. Intelligent people endlessly question his existence.
3. Therefore Jesus existed.

It seems more likely that Peregrinus was modeled after Marcion (or one of his followers). Detering writes; For centuries, as long as the Marcionite Church existed, and in all languages spoken by Marcionites, ‘the Stranger’, or ‘the Good Stranger’, remained the true name of their God. On the other ha...

Galatians appears to have been written not against pagans, rather a group of people (including some former pagans?) who began to esteem jewish customs such as circumcision. If you’re looking where Paul was addressing a group who perhaps minimized/denied the importance of an earthly Jesus see 1 Cor 1...

Origen wrote that Paul was arguing against philosophers in the following passage. Paul, indeed, observing that there are in Greek philosophy certain things not to be lightly esteemed, which are plausible in the eyes of the many, but which represent falsehood as truth, says with regard to such: "Bewa...

The farce is strong with this one.

Giuseppe wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:04 am

There is abundance of dreams and revelations in Acts, while in the Gospels only Joseph (!) has revelations of that kind, and not even that in Mark. . .

See Matthew 27:19
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?s ... ersion=KJV