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- Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:09 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Herod was called the Messiah, too
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7959
Re: Herod was called the Messiah, too
It's not surprising that thought sprang from the mind of a Latin writer, given "Christ" was a title that didn't have any meaning beyond the religious one for them.
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:40 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evolution and the Gospels
- Replies: 93
- Views: 75701
Re: Evolution and the Gospels
Note that the early church fathers usually don't source their quotes, which leads to the often heard interpretation in your sense, i.e., that "church fathers just quoted from memory". However, that's just one possible interpretation. I think Ben made a few statistics regarding certain church father...
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:41 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Closing Of Errancywiki And Merger With Messianic Apologetic
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7373
Re: Closing Of Errancywiki And Merger With Messianic Apologetic
Hitler was a good Catholic boy, until the end. He never stopped paying his church dues. Also, membership in the SS was forbidden for non-believers. It sure is a bit contentious between historians, but I guess there's still reason to think that Hitler's hate of Jews had at least one of its roots in C...
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:38 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Question for Secret Alias about Ishu.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11650
Re: Question for Secret Alias about Ishu.
Those concise summaries are great. Thanks!
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:37 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Was God a fire-breathing dragon?: the Bible explained
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5975
Re: Was God a fire-breathing dragon?: the Bible explained
This is a good one
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- Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:21 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evolution and the Gospels
- Replies: 93
- Views: 75701
Re: Evolution and the Gospels
You and I may agree that Mark 16:8 was the source of Matthew 28:8 and the Greek text shows to what extent Matthew used Mark's text. In some formal sense we could say that Matthew 28:8 incorporates Mark 16:8. But I doubt that a reader or hearer of the 2nd century would agree with us. It is not only ...
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:49 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evolution and the Gospels
- Replies: 93
- Views: 75701
Re: Evolution and the Gospels
@Secret Alias: The symmetry is certainly embellished. I don't think gMatthew had anything to do with heretics. Those claims were just added to not single out the actual target(s) too much. The situation with gMark is a bit more complicated. There is still the possibility that it was the text of some...
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:49 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evolution and the Gospels
- Replies: 93
- Views: 75701
Re: Evolution and the Gospels
94% is nearly the complete gMark. It gets even clearer when you look at what gMatthew left out, like the one parable in Mark that nobody seems to know of what it is supposed to mean, including Matthew it looks like. Matthew also left out (A) the exorcism of the Capernaum demoniac and (B) the healin...
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evolution and the Gospels
- Replies: 93
- Views: 75701
Re: Evolution and the Gospels
The way Matthew and Luke 'agree' with Mark was part of a broader pattern of the totality - the fourfold gospel - outlawing other readings, other agreements, other gospels. Does anyone disagree with this? It's ridiculous that this isn't THE FIRST THING said about the canonical gospels. Well, yes, ma...
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:57 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evolution and the Gospels
- Replies: 93
- Views: 75701
Re: Evolution and the Gospels
Mmh, maybe it's just a question of our pov's. My impression from GMatthew is – under the assumption of Marcan priority - that even „Matthew“ (author) did not want to write a new version, which replaces the old GMark, but an separate gospel, which in his opinion was more appropriate as a Christian g...