On Ehrman's Lost Christianities and Lost Scripture...

2008-04-07T05:03:00.000+12:00

On Ehrman's Lost Christianities and Lost Scriptures:

"But in referring to “proto-orthodoxy,” Ehrman frequently uses negative and loaded terms like “machinations,” “quest for dominance,” “falsifications” and “intolerance.” While he does not necessarily dislike proto-orthodoxy, he seems to be deeply suspicious of it.

The truth about the historical emergence of the “great church” and Christian “orthodoxy” probably lies somewhere between Bauer’s narrow focus on the triumph of the Roman church and Ehrman’s idea of a vast proto-orthodox movement. While the history of this development is likely more complicated and less conspiratorial than Ehrman’s model indicates, his two volumes do allow readers to work through the textual evidence and make up their own minds about it."

If there was anyone promoting the existence of a widespread proto-orthodox conspiracy before the Council of Nicea, it was HW Armstrong.

Then again, I don't recall any specific references to Bauer's "Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity" in Hoeh's so-called "True History of the True Church. Or, for that matter, Dean Blackwell's eminent research on the same subject.

Such influentials as Bauer can be rather difficult to for the COGs to assimilate. It's so much easier for the church to think when the TRUTH is in plain black and white for proper digestion.

DTS

Bauer's powerful Greek-English Lexicon of the New ...

2008-04-07T04:19:00.000+12:00

Bauer's powerful Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, now in third edition, has been expanded and now includes more noncanonical (especially apocryphal) Greek writings of special interest for the study of early Christian origins.

DTS

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On Ehrman's Lost Christianities and Lost Scripture...

Bauer's powerful Greek-English Lexicon of the New ...