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Carregando... The Early Christians: In Their Own Words (1926)de Eberhard Arnold
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Ever wonder what Christianity was like before the churches got hold of it? Here are vital portraits of the early church drawn in the words of its own members, with additional material from a variety of contemporary sources: pagans and persecutors, politicians and emperors.A sourcebook of original writings with extensive historical notes. Includes extrabiblical sayings of Jesus; writings of Origen, Tertullian, Polycarp, Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus, and many others; topical index, selected bibliographies, and illustrations of early Christian symbols.Larry D. Fourman, Ministers Book ClubAn invaluable resource for preaching, worship, teaching, and personal devotions. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Not all of the editorial comments are correct. For example, most of the "martyrdom" stories are sourced in Eusebius, who made them up. His "History of the Church" is a polemic with almost no corroboration. Or more often, he took the persecution of Jews throughout the Roman Empire, and substituted them for Christians. After all, they were Jews, a group he was trying to convert anyway.
Since Eberhard's day, scholarship has considerably advanced. The Ieusus Christo was very simply a synthesis of Messiah figures from the exciting period of religious ferment which exploded after the Roman conquest of the Hellenic Egyptian pantheon. The world was already worshiping "Ieus", known as Zeus or Jupiter, in Greece and Rome. The "son of Ieus" was his murdered son Dionysius who died, rose again, and brought redemption and boons to humankind - the "Ieusus" or Jesus.
The largest Jewish Temple in the world, in the biggest city in the world, was in Alexandria in Egypt. Cleopatra was a multi-lingual priestess of the trinitarian Egyptian pantheon. She was fluent in Hebrew and Aramaic (she came from Ptolemaic Syria to rule the Egyptian throne/temple). When Cleopatra went to Rome, she built the largest Temples in the world to "Ieusus". The Temples were franchised throughout the world.
So, quite frankly, much of the editorial material is simply uncorroborated and contrary to the records of other classical and prolific authors, such as Plutarch and Paul himself. While this does make me wonder if the original texts here have been "selected" or even translated with a polemic agenda, the fact remains that this book is a wonderful opportunity to hear the voice of the men who lived during a time of great spiritual quests. An example of this is in the selection quoting Celsus quoting a believer who claims "I am God, I am God's son," and the editors claim that this Believer was gripped in ecstacy and Christ was speaking through him. [24] Well, yes, but the belief of the Believer is that he as the speaker IS divine. And that, in a nutshell, is what the Messiahs of the "Christ" period were preaching.
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