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A new page about the fascinating first hundred years of Christianity. Adoptionist doctrines are now all but lost, as later developments (i.e., inventions!) such as the Trinity became official, enforced dogma. But it was not always so, and adoptionism started out as the universal belief amongst early Christians, including those who first wrote about ( Read more... ) -
Arian Christianity (the predecessor to modern Nicene Christianity)
As Jewish Christianity began to develop its own character, Jesus was no longer considered to be just a man. He had a special relationship with god, and was perhaps conceived of by God before anything was created. But he was not an eternal man nor a god. My page on Arianism continues:
"Arian Christianity" by Vexen Crabtree (2008)
“Arianism describes ( Read more... ) -
Ancestral Sins and Historical Evils
"National Apologies for Ancestral Sins and Historical Evils" by Vexen Crabtree (2007)
Should we return annexed land to its original owners? Should we send immigrants home? And other questions relating to things done by previous generations... should we apologize for those things, on their behalf ( Read more... ) -
Estonia: Scandinavian?
Added to the following text to my page on Scandinavia: Estonia: Scandinavian?
We saw above that Mr Bildt (Prime Minister of Sweden 1991 to 1994) described Estonia as part of Scandinavia (2006 Sep)4, but this claim remains largely ignored. As Estonia was once 'part of' or a colony of Sweden, it borders the Gulf of Finland, and as it shares many ( Read more... ) -
Who were the original Christians/
- Ebionite Christians were the true Christians: Aramaic-speakers like Jesus and his apostles, they would have been the Jewish witnesses to Jesus' ministry and preaching. From this starting point, Jesus' teachings spread. They also, however, spread from Saul of Damascus, who renamed himself Paul and who preached an anti-Ebionite version of ( Read more... )