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When Did Jesus Become Divine?
In this thread on the Trinity I am developing at some length the first major issue: how did someone beside God come to be...
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Very Early Understandings of Christ in A Later Book of the NT
I have been trying to show that one of the oldest understandings of Christ in the early Christian movement -- in fact, *the* earliest...
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Jesus, Mary Magadalene, and ... Sexual Innuendos?
I was browsing through old posts and ran across this one from almost exactly seven years ago, a question about whether one of the...
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The Earliest Belief in Christ??
Dr. Ehrman offers an example of Paul quoting an early creed, indicating what the earliest Christology would have been. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
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How Do We Know What Christians Thought about Jesus BEFORE the New Testament?
Dr. Ehrman introduces the way NT writers reveal their use of quotations from earlier Christian traditions. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
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The Earliest Understandings of Christ
Dr. Ehrman explains his view that Jesus' earliest followers began with a "low" Christology, an emphasis on his humanity rather than his divinity. Read...