Religion History
“Truth is not determined by a majority vote.” ― Pope Benedict XVI What we are seeing in our time is a generation, where truth is relative to what people wish to believe. Those with this mindset have now infiltrated and are actively taking over our Christian institutions. It is influenced by a Science of Religion that was … Continue reading
Viele hundert Straßen, Wege und Pfade summieren sich zu einem Geflecht, das heute als Seidenstraße bekannt ist, und besonders intensiv von vielen Kaufleuten und Händlern genutzt wurde. Eroberer, Gewürzhändler, Seidenverkäufer, buddhistische Mönche und Nestorianer bereisten diese schon vor mehr als tausenden von Jahren. Sogar der erste Vorstoss des Christentums – auf der Flucht – nach … Continue reading
Gnosticism can be considered collective name for a large number of greatly varying and pantheistic-dualistic sects, which flourished from some time before the Christian era down to the fifth century. It became a dangerous corruption of Christianity, even or because its first traces can be found some centuries before the Christian era. That Alexandrian thought … Continue reading
Survival of the fittest. Religions fight – survive or die. There were formal and near formal heresies ( heresy = a theological doctrine or system rejected as false by ecclesiastical authority ) such as: Docetism, Ebionism, Arianism, Nestorians, Apollinarian, Monophysitism (several heresies ) and Gnosticism just to name few. Christian Gnostics believed that someone else … Continue reading
Philip Jenkins is able to communicate complex ideas and complicated concepts in a manner that preserves their integrity to a wide audience and at the same time renders them as a fascinating and lively story. I have been a fan of his books for some time. His book “Jesus Wars” describes the historical intricacies that surrounded … Continue reading
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