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Wade A. Tisthammer
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Date Posted: 03/12/04 1:16pm
In reply to:
QUITTNER
's message, "Some are" on 03/ 2/04 2:53pm
>Wade A. Tisthammer, you wrote in part: >>>Depends on
>how you define present-day “Christianity.” I would
>also be curious as to what exactly you think original
>Christianity was like. <<<
>..... Look at Acts 2:44-47 and Acts 4:32-37 for a
>start re the ORIGINAL Christianity. Want more details?
Well, yes, I know the description there is accurate.
>>>> one of the pressing questions in earliest
>Christianity was, “Can a Gentile believe in Jesus?”
>(See Acts 15.) <<<
>..... That would have depended on the stage of the
>development/evolution of Christianity at the time.
How about in the era that Acts records?
>As
>I understand it, Jesus never actually said that he is
>God, but others said it of him (see John's gospel) in
>or close to the 2nd century.
No, Jesus said he was God. Remember that John's gospel is based on the written eyewitness testimony of one of the apostles (see John 21:24) though the book itself may have been compiled at a later date. See also the present tense used in John 5:2, implying that at least this part of the book was written before 70 C.E.
And the idea of Jesus' divinity is implied more or less in other gospels, though not as explicit as John's.
>That would, in
>non-gentile eyes, be acceptable per pagan mythology,
>but in most Jews' eyes it would be completely
>unacceptable
True, which is remarkable that those Jews who followed Jesus accepted it.
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