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- Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 79
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Re: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
He became a Christian, by interacting with Christians. As this was the first generation of Christians, they *all* became christians by interacting with Christians! By the same place I mean "the Land of Israel." When you say "the Land of Israel" I wonder if you are having a simil...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 79
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Re: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
it doesn't seem implausible to me if this Simon interacted with Christians, In Acts, he *was* a Christian. seeing that they all lived in the same place and were active at the same time. They all lived a few blocks away from the Temple in Jerusalem? :-) I think the woman at the well would find it st...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Clement and truthy-ness
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Clement and truthy-ness
For, even if they should say something true, one who loves the truth should not, even so, agree with them. one must never give way . . . but should even deny it on oath. Is this a thing? Does Clement elsewhere, or any other church father explicitly tell a disciple to never agree with their opponent...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 1522
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 1522
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 1522
Re: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
Well, but if he was Josephus' magician Simon, then he was a real person, like Theudas and Judas the Galilean. If. Reminds me of what the Spartans told Philip of Macedon, when he sent a message to the Spartans, "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your l...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: naked or nakeds in the "Letter to Theodore"
- Replies: 9
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Re: naked or nakeds in the "Letter to Theodore"
Whoever wrote this, which is more plausible, in context: naked man with naked man or naked men with naked man? How can I have reliable intuitions about the text.....before I even know what the text says??? My intuitions, such as they are, is that once you see γυμνοί γυμνώ in those images, it's real...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 1522
Re: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
My guess is that the author of Luke/Acts knew Josephus and incorporated his "bad" guy magician Simon into his work, the same way they incorporated the "bad" guys Theudas and Judas the Galilean. Theudas and Judas remain "bad" guys in Acts and so does Simon. In a sense i...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:42 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Every time Paul mentions Mark, he also mentions Luke
- Replies: 24
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Re: Every time Paul mentions Mark, he also mentions Luke
Since this is the only one you commented on, can I assume you agree with all there rest of the points :-) *chuckle* Marcion is trying in good faith to prepare a critical edition of the original Gospel using Luke as a basis, then it is IMO plausible that he would be reluctant to remove material from ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 79
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Re: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
Well, no, but I assume the author of Acts was aware of Jer. 37 and the stories seem very similar. For me, that's just a bridge too far. Acts is in the new covenant, the new testament. We are having a new relationship with God (and if you are marcionite, a completely different God :-)) But we know t...