A Tale of Two MissionsSCM Press, 1994 - 196 pages Most Christians, simple believers and scholars alike, have held that there was one, virgin, early church which was later imperilled by false teachings. The New Testament was the developing statement of this church, and from it grew the whole structure of Christian belief: as Cardinal Newman so memorably put it, as an oak out of an acorn. Michael Goulder here sets out to demonstrate that this theory is an error. From as far back as we can trace it (to the 40s of our era) there never was a single, united church. There were (in fact from the 30s), two missions: one run from Jerusalem by Peter and James, and one run from various other centres, by Paul. The two missions agreed on the supreme significance of Jesus but disagreed on almost everything else: the validity of the Bible, whether the kingdom of God had come olr not, sex, money, work, tongues, visions, healings, Jesus' divinity and the resurrection of the dead. The New Testament makes the impression it does because it was selected by the winning mission, that of Paul, but it is historically misleading. |
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... appeared to Cephas , then to the twelve . Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren ... Then he appeared to James , then to all the apostles . Last of all , as to one untimely born , he appeared also to me ' ( I Cor . 15.5-8 ) ...
... appeared to Cephas , then to the twelve . Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren ... Then he appeared to James , then to all the apostles . Last of all , as to one untimely born , he appeared also to me ' ( I Cor . 15.5-8 ) ...
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... appeared to me ' can mean one thing to one person and another to another . J. B. Phillips went on record as having seen C. S. Lewis one afternoon after the latter's death : he was the other side of the room , and gave Phillips a signal ...
... appeared to me ' can mean one thing to one person and another to another . J. B. Phillips went on record as having seen C. S. Lewis one afternoon after the latter's death : he was the other side of the room , and gave Phillips a signal ...
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... appeared to Cephas , then to the twelve . Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time , most of whom are still alive , though some have fallen asleep . Then he appeared to James , then to all the apostles . Last of ...
... appeared to Cephas , then to the twelve . Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time , most of whom are still alive , though some have fallen asleep . Then he appeared to James , then to all the apostles . Last of ...
Table des matières
The Basic Tension I | 1 |
Jesus Family and the Sons of Zebedee | 8 |
Peter | 16 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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