Posts by tbarbast@uoregon.edu

Arius and the Nicene Creed

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Theological issues are a part of history of Christianity. Since Jesus, theological matters divide christian community. And these theological issues result in divisions since the early christianity. Remember Paul who wanted to accept gentile into jewish christian community, this problem led to the separation. From a persecuted group at the beginning of the fourth century… Continue reading

the figure of Jesus in the Gospels with the viewpoint of a first century reader

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During Jesus’s Life, the Religion was a central issue. Between the civic Religion, the emperor cult and other voluntary cults, some figures (Philosophers, itinerant Technicians) tried to preach their own viewpoints of God. Jesus was just one of these figures, he was not more important than the others. As a first century reader, I would… Continue reading