In the last few decades, there has been in increasing fascination with the attempt to identify the “real” Jesus. From the so-called Jesus Seminar which sought to take a pen knife to the New Testament to remove “non-authentic” statements of Christ from the Bible, to the work of scholars such as Bart Ehrman and Elaine [...]
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Augustine: Connecting Link Between Gnosticism and Modern Calvinistic Theology
by Matt Clifton There can be no doubt about the fact that among all the early Christian writers, Augustine has had the greatest impact on modern theology.1 Not only did his writings and theological development shape later doctrines and methods of the Roman Catholic Church, but his work also deeply influenced the Protestant Reformation. John [...]
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