tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4330805367376173914..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Early Christian Inscription FoundPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-76457301182426623982011-10-06T10:29:13.335-05:002011-10-06T10:29:13.335-05:00The evidence provided by such archeology gives cre...The evidence provided by such archeology gives credence to the historical record promoted by the church, to the writings of the fathers, and to the significant presence of Christians early on. This is not for doctrinal purposes but to show that Christianity was not some hidden or indifferent movement as some historians today suggest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-28240912326061721172011-10-06T09:39:13.999-05:002011-10-06T09:39:13.999-05:00I am hard pressed to see how an inscription from a...I am hard pressed to see how an inscription from a Gnostic teacher is friendly to orthodox Christianity and Scriptural record. The text seems to be thorough-going Platonism with a Christian veneer. It may be no more than Platonic imagery about death as a liberation from matter to purity (baths, banquets etc) with a rather different slant on "Father" and "Son" than ours. It could be just as well taken as evidence that orthodox Christianity is not that at all, but what emerged victorious from a considerably fluid state of belief.Terry Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122266461403246084noreply@blogger.com