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Voltaire2

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5. they were murdering each other over the 'true nature of christ'

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 01:25 PM

Apr 2020

if I remember correctly, and the council was an attempt to put an end to that by giving the emperor's sanction to one of the factions. It didn't work, by the way, and the murderous dispute lingered on for quite a while.

All of the gospels are of dubious origins, as there is nothing older than around 3-400 ce that has survived intact, and the oldest fragment is from around 150ce. The non-canonical gospels are even more dubious as they generally were not being copied in the large numbers that the standard ones were.

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I wonder as I read the gospels of Mary a ? [View all] TEB Apr 2020 OP

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I understand that as in Rome TEB Apr 2020 #2

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There were many gospels and letters floating around. Igel Apr 2020 #4

they were murdering each other over the 'true nature of christ' Voltaire2 Apr 2020 #5

I did not know that friend TEB Apr 2020 #6

I think the Romans just saw monotheism as a better means of control Major Nikon Apr 2020 #7

perhaps, but a couple of hundred years later, Voltaire2 Apr 2020 #8

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