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Who started Christianity? Who was the first Christian, or main source of what became Christianity?
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Who started Christianity? Who was the first Christian, or main source of what became Christianity?
Who started Christianity? Who was the first Christian, or main source of what became Christianity?
Who started Christianity? Who was the first Christian, or main source of what became Christianity?
...Noticing no consensus. Wouyld think it a simple question. That it doesn't seem so should be popping people's red flags all over the place. "We're Christians, but couldn't tell ya who started it." A tad odd don't you think?
Paul identifies himself as a follower of the "Way" a Nazarene sect at his trial before Felix. This predates the term "Christian".
Acts 24:14-16New International Version (NIV)
14 However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, 15 and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. 16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
Pauls conversion also involved arresting followers of the "Way".
Acts 9 New International Version (NIV)
Saul’s Conversion
9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
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...Noticing no consensus. Wouyld think it a simple question. That it doesn't seem so should be popping people's red flags all over the place. "We're Christians, but couldn't tell ya who started it." A tad odd don't you think?
Paul identifies himself as a follower of the "Way" a Nazarene sect at his trial before Felix. This predates the term "Christian".
Acts 24:14-16New International Version (NIV)
14 However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, 15 and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. 16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
Pauls conversion also involved arresting followers of the "Way".
Acts 9 New International Version (NIV)
Saul’s Conversion
9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
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Paul claimed to be a follower of the Way, however a rift developed between them.The Pauline version of Christianity that Catholicism adapted was not the Way.
World Fellowship of Followers of the Way
Paul identifies himself as a follower of the "Way" a Nazarene sect at his trial before Felix. This predates the term "Christian".
Acts 24:14-16New International Version (NIV)
14 However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, 15 and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. 16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
Pauls conversion also involved arresting followers of the "Way".
Acts 9 New International Version (NIV)
Saul’s Conversion
9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
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Paul claimed to be a follower of the Way, however a rift developed between them.The Pauline version of Christianity that Catholicism adapted was not the Way.
World Fellowship of Followers of the Way
The Mormons also claim the tie between Jesus and the current Pope had been tainted for centuries. The bible completely altered, edited, re written, entire parts taken out, etc. So God told Joseph Smith to start a new religion.
No...Noticing no consensus. Wouyld think it a simple question. That it doesn't seem so should be popping people's red flags all over the place. "We're Christians, but couldn't tell ya who started it." A tad odd don't you think?
Paul was a dress-wearing pole smoker who took baths with Jesus....Noticing no consensus. Wouyld think it a simple question. That it doesn't seem so should be popping people's red flags all over the place. "We're Christians, but couldn't tell ya who started it." A tad odd don't you think?
The consensus is Paul. Look it up anywhere. It's not hard to find.
Paul identifies himself as a follower of the "Way" a Nazarene sect at his trial before Felix. This predates the term "Christian".
Acts 24:14-16New International Version (NIV)
14 However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, 15 and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. 16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
Pauls conversion also involved arresting followers of the "Way".
Acts 9 New International Version (NIV)
Saul’s Conversion
9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
.
Paul claimed to be a follower of the Way, however a rift developed between them.The Pauline version of Christianity that Catholicism adapted was not the Way.
World Fellowship of Followers of the Way
The Mormons also claim the tie between Jesus and the current Pope had been tainted for centuries. The bible completely altered, edited, re written, entire parts taken out, etc. So God told Joseph Smith to start a new religion.
The evidence I have researched leads me to believe that Jesus was an Ebionite "poor one"who taught the "Way". This premise seems to fit the teachings of Jesus more closely, to me, than the Roman Pauline doctrine.
I have empathy for people who have earnestly sought spiritual answers to life's mysteries, and have been so mislead by the worlds religions. There is no doubt that the tampering of scripture has been for one purpose only, the subjugation of the populace.