> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:31 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church
> Relating to the whole "Jesus IS God" thing, there was an
> early Christian movement called Arianism that interpreted the
> words differently than the Church, instead taking the stance
> that he wasn't exactly God. It was pretty much squashed.
That was to put it mildly. It initially was started by Bishop Arian of
Alexandria and taken up by Emperor Constantine the Great. After his death is
was vigoursly suppressed in the late Roman Empire, only to resurface in a
more virulent form in various Christianized Germanic tribes.
There were other similar movements like monophytism thorughout early
Christianity. It seems that it's a recurring theme in Christian theology -
Christ is all human, all god, both, neither etc. The viewpoint that
eventually won out was the one that was supported by the Empire and the
Byzantine elite in the first 500 years of the Christian church. Some of the
arguments on both sides are really convoluted and twisted - enough to make a
Jesuit quit and makes Hinduism look simple.
(Hey I'm reading about this time period right now - history of the Byzantine
Empire).
>
> Words are tricky and can be interpreted many ways.
That is putting it mildly. Try some of the writings of Gnostic Christianity
if you want twisted words.
larry
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