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Heretics

The Other Side of Early Christianity

by Gerd Luedemann

  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • Publisher: SCM Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

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For seekers of deeper Christian historical insights

Challenges the myth of early Christian harmony

You will gain a fresh perspective on Christian beliefs

Explore the complex origins of early Christianity in "Heretics."

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According to the official view, held for almost two thousand years, early Christianity was marked by great harmony, and heresy only emerged at a later stage. This book, written in nontechnical language for interested non-theologians, argues that such a picture is wishful thinking. Using all available sources, including newly-discovered Gnostic texts, Professor Luedemann argues that in many areas, 'heresy' in fact preceded 'orthodoxy' and was later forcibly replaced by it. The controversies shed an interesting light on the human character and concerns of the first Christians, who were occupied not only with right belief but also with power. The first chapter investigates the positions of Christians in Jerusalem in the first two centuries, since they were the ones who in fact introduced the concept of heresy into the church, and pays particular attention to the revision of the portrait of Paul and his theology. Then it goes on to the dramatic events around Marcion and his approach to a scriptural canon. Thirdly, it examines the conflicts underlying the Johannine writings, the formation of the Apostles' Creed and the formation of the New Testament canon.Professor Luedemann argues that his findings have important and liberating consequences for the understanding of both Christianity and the Bible.
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Early Christianity According to the Traditions in ActsHeretics

  • Title

    Heretics

  • Author

    Gerd Luedemann

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    SCM Press

  • Published

    June 2012

  • Weight

    409g

  • Page Count

    352

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780334026167

  • ISBN-10

    0334026164

  • Eden Code

    1926697

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