Re: Non-Judaic Nature of Christ
St John Chrysostom is perhaps one of the greatest church fathers.
When I say spin, I mean spin in that doing something in the defense of a particular belief system. I believe that St John Chrysostom, as all other church fathers, deeply believed in his spiritual rhetoric. Marcion, however, was also convinced of his beliefs, so was Arian, etc... Similarly, a Muslim scholar will refute anything written by a Christian. A J-ewish scholar who will refute anything written by a Muslim or a Christian...
We all defend our sect, it's human.
Again, I ask you to use your reason and look at the big picture.
Yes, it was. It was the official decree of the Empire, sanctioned by the pagan Emperor. They, at Nicaea, decided that it was absolutely necessary to spell out line-by-line exactly what it was that Christians 'had' to believe - because they were so many other theological formulas in existence at the time.
I would say I am 'reading between the lines' of the Gospels, not questioning it. And I am doing this because the Gospels, as complied and passed down, have caused great confusion and disarray within Christianity.
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When I say spin, I mean spin in that doing something in the defense of a particular belief system. I believe that St John Chrysostom, as all other church fathers, deeply believed in his spiritual rhetoric. Marcion, however, was also convinced of his beliefs, so was Arian, etc... Similarly, a Muslim scholar will refute anything written by a Christian. A J-ewish scholar who will refute anything written by a Muslim or a Christian...
We all defend our sect, it's human.
Again, I ask you to use your reason and look at the big picture.
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