The Origin of the Christian Church: Being a Candid Examination of the Materials out of which Historic Christianity is Built PDF
Preview The Origin of the Christian Church: Being a Candid Examination of the Materials out of which Historic Christianity is Built
EHT NIGIRO FO EHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH * BEING A Candid Examination of the Material’s out of 7e~hich Historic Christianity is buiZt YB “INVESTIGATOR” “Come now, tel u reason togethrr.“--Isnun .I 18. .’ Out fo eniht own htuom lliw I egduj :rcluL-“.eeht XIX. 22. decudorpeR ni cinortcele mrof 1998 knaB fo modsiW P.O. Box 926 ,ellivsiuoL KY 40201 .A.S.U ni cinortcele mrof 1998 knaB of modsiW .O.P xoB 926 ,ellivsiuoL YK 40201 .A.S.U ehT esoprup fo eht Bank fo modsiW si ot niaga ekam eht detinU setatS eht eerF ecalptekraM fo saedI taht eht naciremA gnidnuoF srehtaF yllanigiro tnaem siht noitaN ot .eb ttemmE .F sdleiF .STNETNOC CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY, . . : I CHAPTER II. EXPLANATORY, . ., 13 CHAPTER III. PAGAN WITNESSES ,.. . 25 CHAPTER IV. FIRST CENTURY CHRISTIAN WITNESSES, , 43 CHAPTER V. SECOND YRUTNEC CHRISTIAN WITNESSES, . 66 CHAPTER VI. APOCRYPHAL AND TRADITIONARY, . 80 CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION, 91 APPENDIX. NARRATIW RESPECTING THE PRINCE OF EDESSA, 103 TABLE OF ALLEGED CHRISTIAN WORKS FROM IOO TO 180, 109 ehT nigirO eht-fo naitsirhC hcruhC RETPAHC I oT etirw a yltcefrep etarucca tnuocca of stneve -co ,gnirruc neve ni nredom ,semit si yb on snaem na ysae task. tuB revetahw seitluciffid teseb hcus na -rednu ,gnikat yeht are as gnihton derapmoc ot those that retnuocne the rotarran of tneicna .yrotsih nI ynam cases ytiluderc syalp na tnatropmi part. ehT ytiluderc of nem whose ecnarongi evag greater yaws ot rieht saib has tfel records that are ton .elbailer ,niagA the -repus noitits of others has deifingam the tsom larutan -rucco secner otni stneve .larutanrepus elihW ni ynam cases hcus stneve owe rieht nigiro ot the divref-revo -anigami noit of snosrep of na elbaticxe .tnemarepmet ehT records suht tfel evah ot eb ylhguoroht ,detfis dna tested htiw others, dna neht the gninurp efink of nommoc esnes has ot eb ylsuorogir ,deilppa ot raelc yawa the suoiruxul growth of .noitareggaxe Now, ni gnitirw yranidro -sih ,yrot there si ton that noitatiseh ni suht gniwolla for A 2 THE OR/GIN OF TKE CHRISTZAN CHURCH ,noitareggaxe hcihw si tem htiw nehw gnilaed htiw lacitsaiselcce records. revenehW gnihtyna of na -tuo yaw-eht-fo ecnerrucco si degella ot evah nekat ecalp ni enadnum ,sriaffa ti si at ecno detageler ot the order of .shtym tuB there si eno ssalc of yrotsih ni yreve noitan hcihw si dnoyeb siht elap of .noisicxe Let a ,nam ni lla ytsenoh of ,esoprup tpmetta ot tuc tuo yna of the deveileb citnehtua sevitarran morf the suoigiler yrotsih of yna ,noitan dna he lliw at ecno eb tem htiw a mrots of .esuba nI remrof ,semit ,ylbaborp sih efil dluow evah neeb at stake. ,syadawoN a suorogir metsys of ttocyob dluow eb .detpmetta dnA so ylsuorogir has siht metsys neeb deirrac tuo ni emos cases, that ’neve nemygrelc ni naitsirhC seitinummoc do ton etatiseh ot adopt siht nalp of evisulcxe gnilaed towards the nam who has the egaruoc of sih .snoitcivnoc yehT mees so ylhguoroht depolevne ni the deicnaf ssensuoethgir of rieht nwo ,esuac that yeht nac see on ssensuoethgir ni the tcudnoc of others who reffid morf .meht yehT ekam on ecnawolla for the yrev emas ,feileb ,.e.i htiaf or -noc ecnedif of the nehtaeh ni rieht ,noigiler as yeht -meht sevles esicrexe ni rieht .nwo ehT nehtaeh si tsuj as ylmrif decnivnoc of the hturt of sih noigiler as yna naitsirhC ni that of sih creed. tuB ask rehtie ot evig uoy na citnehtua tnuocca of the tnemhsilbatse of sih ,noigiler dna uoy lliw dnif htob are gnidneped nopu .noitidart noitidarT si yllaer rehtona eman for .pissog sihT word si desopmoc of two words, ,pis-doG gniyfingis ,noitaler ,noitcennoc ,ecnailla dna noitaler ni the ecivres ot .doG noitidarT si ,noitamrofni or feileb dettimsnart tuohtiw the dia of nettirw or other .stnemucod oT -sa niatrec the laer facts, that si the lautca ,secnerrucco ton erem ,stnemetats of the nigiro of yna ,noigiler ti semoceb THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 3 laitnesse ot approach the yriuqni htiw na dessaibnu ,dnim that si htiw a dnim ydaer ot eviecer dna hgiew lla sessalc of .ecnedive tuB ,noititsrepus awe, ,ecnerever dread of gniyal suoipmi sdnah no sgniht ,enivid tsum eb ylsuolupurcs dediova ni na yriuqni otni the nigiro of a .noigiler nehW gnihgiew the suoirav selat of ,noitidart care dluohs eb nekat ot niatrecsa the lareneg state of dnim of the ytinummoc ni hcihw hcus noitidart arose. ecnawollA tsum eb edam for the larutan ecnarongi dna tneuqesnoc noititsrepus of dniknam ni remrof ages. noititsrepuS si yllaretil a gnidnats llits at, a gnidnats ni fear of, or tnemezama at, ecneh evissecxe suoigiler fear. dnA so a suoigiler noitarenev si attached ot what si rehtegotla yhtrownu of .ti emoS snosrep there are who are etiuq decnivnoc of the noititsrepus of rieht ,ruobhgien ,elihw at the emas ,emit yeht sevlesmeht are tsuj as -itsrepus suoit ni emos other .noitcerid tahT there tsum eb error ni noitidart si tnerappa nehw the suoirav sects of -sirhC ytinait dna other snoigiler are .deredisnoc snaitsirhC lla etinu ni gninmednoc the noitidart of other .snoigiler dnA tsgnoma sevlesmeht stnatsetorP nmednoc the idart snoit of the hcruhC of ,emoR dna do ton etatiseh ot ! assert that the ylrae fathers are ton etiuq elbailer no srettam .lacigoloeht nI how far neht nac noitidart eb regarded a”s elbailer ? oT rewsna siht noitseuq si eno of the stcejbo of the gniwollof .esitaert oS ynam tnereffid snoisrev evah neeb nevig of the nigiro of the naitsirhC ,noigiler that ti lliw eb yrassecen ot go -emos what yletunim otni the yrotsih of the tsrif two seirutnec of the tneserp era. Let su ,neht ni the tsrif ,ecalp ecnalg I at the lareneg state of gninrael ni enitselaP at the -nigeb gnin of the tneserp era. 4 THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRlSTZAN CHURCH nI redro taht ew yam dnatsrednu siht tcejbus ,ylthgir ti lliw eb yrassecen ot ees tahw saw eht etats fo eht gnidnuorrus ,seirtnuoc os raf sa eht metsys fo noitacude saw .denrecnoc yB metsys fo noitacude si ton tnaem yna hcus sedom sa liaverp htiw nredom ,seirtnuoc tub rehtar tahw staes fo noitacude ro gninrael detsixe ni dna dnuora .enitselaP ehT gniliaverp niart fo thguoht saw nwonk sa msinelleH ; taht ,si eht keerG loohcs fo thguoht saw eht rehcaet fo eht .snoitan fI ot siht eb dedda eht sgnihcaet fo eht ,snaedlahC hcihw yltaerg decneulfni eht hsiweJ dnim gnirud eht nainolybaB ,ytivitpaC ti semoceb tsefinam taht eht stnatibahni fo enitselaP u?ould yrev yllarutan eb erom ro ssel deubmi htiw eht senirtcod fo eseht owt .seirtnuoc ,nehT nehw ti si deredisnoc taht eht tsom yhtlaew dna denrael noitrop fo eht sweJ did ton nruter ot enitselaP morf ,nolybaB tub delttes ni ,airdnaxelA ti yam ylisae eb nees taht a egnit fo -pygE nait ygoloeht noos deruoloc rieht suoigiler .senirtcod ehT taerg mia fo gnihcaet neht saw lacihposolihp ro .suoigiler htiW eht ,weJ ygoloeht saw eht ,eno fi ,ton ,deedni eht ylno loohcs fo .thguoht dnA os nehw eht suoirav senirtcod fo ygoloeht fo esoht syad era ,denimaxe ti lliw eb dnuof taht eht -adnuf latnem saedi fo eht ,snaedlahC skeerG dna snaitpygE run hguorht eht hsiweJ .senirtcod dnA siht si ton ot eb derednow .ta enimaxE nredom ygoloeht dna ti lliw eb dnuof taht sti senirtcod era yltnatsnoc gnieb ,deifilpma -om ,deifid dna ni emos secnatsni .decnanetnuocsid ehT -ne gnigral saedi fo eht cifitneics dlrow era ylwols tub ylerus gnipeews yawa eht dlo lacigoloeht snoititsrepus dna .shtym oS ew tsum ton eb desirprus ot dnif eht ralimis gnillevel saedi fo ,eceerG tpygE dna aedlahC ,ruoloc tnit dna egnahc hsiweJ .ygoloeht sA ot eht staes fo gninrael at THE ORZGlN OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 5 eht rettal dne fo eht naitsirhC-erp ,are ereht si on tbuod taht yrev ynam segelloc .detsixe dnA ni enitselaP flesti ew dnif segelloc fo srotcod htob ni eelilaG dna tnuoM .lemraC ,sirohpeS na s’ruoh klaw morf ,hterazaN dah sti ’.egelloc ynilP dna suhpesoJ htob ebircsed na -mi tnatrop ytic at eht daeh fo eht naelilaG ,ekal hcihw yeht llac ,eaehciraT dna siht si deveileb ot eb eht Tarkal -ed debircs yb na naitpygE laiciffo ni sih tnuocca fo sih slevart ni eht htneetruof yrutnec erofeb eht naitsirhC .are ehT stelbat fo anramA-le-leT evorp taht -inummoc snoitac neewteb eht suoirav seirtnuoc dnuora enitselaP saw yb on snaem .detimilnu nehW eht namoR rewop detnalppus taht fo ,eceerG eht egaugnal fo eht rettal saw ton depmats .tuo ecaroH stimda siht erehw eh ,syas ‘ evitpaC eceerG koot evitpac reh edur roreuqnoc ! ’ sihT srefer ot eht nwonk-llew tcaf taht eht keerG -ugnal ega saw eht eno eht snamoR deredisnoc ti a ngis fo erutluc ton ylno ot ,wonk tub ot .kaeps nehT ti tsum ton eb nettogrof taht eht sweJ ,erew neve ni eht emit fo rednaxelA eht ,taerG derettacs revo eht neht nwonk .dlrow tI si dias taht os elbaredisnoc saw rieht rebmun ni ,airdnaxelA taht at eht gninnigeb fo our are yeht derebmun ni taht ytic eno .noillim nehT a egral rebmun deniamer ni nolybaB retfa eht ,ytivitpac elihw srehto erew ot eb dnuof ni all eht tnatropmi snwot fo .eceerG dnA all eseht sweJ tpek up snoitacinummoc htiw rieht nerhterb ni ,enitselaP dna seerced morf eht sredlE ro hgiH tseirP at melasureJ erew yltneuqerf deussi ot eht sweJ ni suoirav ngierof .seirtnuoc llA siht seog ot evorp taht eht noititsrepus dna -eht ygolo fo rehto snoitan dah sti tceffe dna ecneulfni no eht sdnim fo eht stnatibahni fo .enitselaP dnA siht -noc deunit ton ylno nwod ot eht gninnigeb fo eht tneserp i I Y 6 THE ORlGZN OF Z-HE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ,are tub rof ynam seirutnec .retfa sA ot eht lareneg etats fo dnim fo eht elpoep fo enitselaP dna eht -rus gnidnuor ,seirtnuoc morf eht noitanimaxe fo ,snairotsih ti si etiuq raelc taht noititsrepus denrevog eht sthguoht fo .lla ehT feileb ni ygolonomed saw .lasrevinu tnemelC fo ,airdnaxelA ni eht driht ,yrutnec deirt ot tnuocca rof eht gnihcaet fo ,sarogahtyP otalP dna rehto nagap sretirw hguorht eht ecneulfni fo eht dlO .tnematseT ykceL yrev ylbicrof swohs eht seitidrusba fo eht srehtaf ni eht driht yrutnec ni rieht seisrevortnoc htiw eht ,snagap erehw eh ,syas ni sih History of European Moral’s, ni eht retpahc no eht noisrevnoc fo ,emoR sa swollof seitidrusbA‘-: fo siht ,dnik fo hcihw I evah nevig ,emertxe tub yb on snaem eht ,ylno selpmaxe erew yllausu yliramirp dednetni ot leper stnemugra tsniaga ,ytinaitsirhC dna yeht era snoitartsulli fo eht ycnednet hcihw sah syawla detsixe ni na lacitircnu ega ot ,tnevni tuohtiw a wodahs fo -adnuof ,noit eht tsom etarobale seiroeht fo noitanalpxe rehtar naht esingocer eht tsellams ecrof ni na .noitcejbo ,suhT nehw eht snagap detpmetta ot ecuder ytinaitsirhC ot a lamron tcudorp fo eht namuh ,dnim yb gnitniop ot eht yrev suoremun nagap sdnegel hcihw erew ylesicerp lellarap ot eht hsiweJ ,seirotsih ti saw derewsna taht eht snomead erew luferac stneduts fo ,ycehporp taht yeht waserof htiw rorret eht tnevda fo rieht eniviD ,roreuqnoC dna ,taht ni redro ot tneverp nem morf gniveileb ni ,miH yeht dah detnevni yb noitapicitna a seires fo sdnegel -er gnilbmes eht stneve hcihw erew .dloterof eroM -erf ,yltneuq ,revewoh eht ylrae snaitsirhC detroter eht -ca snoitasuc fo ,msiraigalp dna yb degrof sgnitirw detubirtta ot nagap ,srohtua ro yb gnitniop tuo degella secart fo hsiweJ ecneulfni ni eniuneg nagap ,sgnitirw yeht -vaedne deruo ot ecart hguorht eht spetstoof fo rieht ’.htiaf I THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH , fI neht ni the driht dna htruof seirutnec the snaitsirhC were so deyaws yb the mrif feileb ni ,ygolonomed what dloh tsum ton that feileb evah had two derdnuh sraey ylsuoiverp no the sdnim of nem ? tsuM ,ton therefore, a yrev great noituac eb desicrexe ni gnitpecca lla the stnemetats of sretirw of that doirep gninrecnoc stneve of a larutanrepus erutan ? tuB what si ot eb the noituac ,nehw so far morf gnivah ot laed htiw sgnitirw of that age, we dnif we are asked ot yler ylelos nopu noitidart 1 oT dnatsrednu what we are asked ot do, ti si lufdeen ot tup a case of elpmis yrotsih as na .ecnatsni esoppuS there were on nettirw records of the stneve hcihw -co derruc ni the htneetruof ,yrutnec tub that the eritne yrotsih of that doirep had neeb dednah nwod yb word of ,htuom dluow that eb a elbailer record ? tsuJ -noc redis how ,yan-tluciffid ti-elbissopmi si ot get, ,yas xis nem ot evig a ralimis tnuocca of the emas tneve yeht lla .dessentiw tuB tel that tnuocca eb dettimsnart ,hguorht ,yas ruof tnereffid evisseccus ,slennahc the lanigiro rotarran of that ecnerrucco dluow ,ton ni lla ,ytilibaborp esingocer sih nwo ,elat or wonk that he had dessentiw the tneve niereht .detaler dnA tey siht si ylno what dluow neppah I ni eno ,yrutnec for we are gnimussa ruof snoitareneg ot the ,yrutnec dna that the elat ylno passed hguorht ruof tuB ti tsum eb enrob ni dnim that neve the persons. emas nam does ton repeat the yrots yltcaxe the emas each emit he setarran that ;yrots ,dna therefore, the way secnahc of noitareggaxe dna ,ycaruccani ,lanoitnetninu on ,tbuod are desaercni ylgnizama nehw ti si deredisnoc that, daetsni of gnissap hguorht ruof or evif ,snosrep the elat yam evah neeb detcejbus ot the gniyrav secneulfni of perhaps a derdnuh elpoep hguorht mohw ti was -snart ,dettim dna each of these derdnuh ’snosrep sdnim -fid
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