We learned from The Da Vinci Code that Emperor Constantine in the early 4th century CE through the Council of Nicaea changed Jesus’ status from fully human to a deity. When Jesus became God he ceased to be human. The Messiah promised to the Jewish nation in the Old Testament became the God which was [...]
Who is Jesus? “What did he think he was up to? What did he do and say, why was he killed, and did he rise from the dead?” –N.T. Wright Who is Jesus? Does he live up to the myth of the Western/Conservative Christian super-hero or is he simply a man much like us? Not [...]
“Clearly, Jesus was a man who did not comfortably accept affirmations of divinity as his due.” “The Christian gospel ought not to be that Jesus was God and we can find life in his death. Our good news is that we can find life in his example. . .” –Philip Gulley: If the Church Were [...]
“He (Jesus) was a monotheistic Jew who did not see himself as divine. He saw himself as a rabbi, probably a prophet.” –Philip gulley: If the church Were Christian. So, this is what I have learned from the Intro. and first chapter. We should not worship Jesus, we should follow his example. The gospels were [...]
According to Philip Gulley, the date is 325 CE, the principles were the First Council of Nicaea, the occasion was the Arian controversy and the ultimate purpose was to gain political power. “[T]he bishops voted to declare Jesus God. One might question the accuracy of any ‘truth’ arrived at by voting, whose desired outcome is [...]