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safeinOhio

(38,063 posts) Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:49 AM Apr 2018

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"We were unprepared for the possibility that Christians did not focus on the death of Jesus for a th

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"We were unprepared for the possibility that Christians did not focus on the death of Jesus for a th (Original Post) safeinOhio Apr 2018 OP

Thank you! Very interesting article. TygrBright Apr 2018 #1

Dern, if you are looking for a Christ to like angstlessk Apr 2018 #2

Academically you can safeinOhio Apr 2018 #3

I don't feel any connection to -ists or -isms. n/t TygrBright Apr 2018 #7

Circa 430-35: Carved cypress panel from the doors of the Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome struggle4progress Apr 2018 #4

They must not have checked with Google. n/t Tobin S. Apr 2018 #9

4th or 5th century: Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome struggle4progress Apr 2018 #5

Mid-8th century: Icon, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai struggle4progress Apr 2018 #6

Recommended. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #8

TygrBright

(21,392 posts)

1. Thank you! Very interesting article.

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:55 AM

Apr 2018

I may even look for the book.

It sounds like the Christ I know.

appreciatively,
Bright

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)

2. Dern, if you are looking for a Christ to like

Reply to TygrBright (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:11 PM

Apr 2018

are you truly an atheist, or just an agnostic?

safeinOhio

(38,063 posts)

3. Academically you can

Reply to angstlessk (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:20 PM

Apr 2018

and must look at all of it.

TygrBright

(21,392 posts)

7. I don't feel any connection to -ists or -isms. n/t

Reply to angstlessk (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:37 PM

Apr 2018

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)

4. Circa 430-35: Carved cypress panel from the doors of the Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:32 PM

Apr 2018

http://www.christianiconography.info/iconographySupplementalImages/crucifixion/santaSabina.html

Tobin S.

(10,420 posts)

9. They must not have checked with Google. n/t

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:59 AM

Apr 2018

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)

5. 4th or 5th century: Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:34 PM

Apr 2018

http://www.christianiconography.info/lateran2007/apseLateran.html

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)

6. Mid-8th century: Icon, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:36 PM

Apr 2018

http://www.christianiconography.info/iconographySupplementalImages/crucifixion/stCatherineIcon.html

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

8. Recommended.

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:31 AM

Apr 2018

From the article:

In short, the needs of empire—and theologies that justified and then sanctified violence and war—transformed Christianity and alienated Western Christians from a world they had once perceived as paradise.

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