We’ve been in a series on the Two Powers heresy. So far, we’ve looked at First Enoch, Philo, the Mishnah, and the Tosefta as we’ve systematically surveyed the primary sources in chronological order. Next up, we’ll analyze two sources within the Midrashim. We’re going to encounter the first clear mention of two powers in heaven. Read more about 678. Two Powers in Heaven 5: The Midrashim[…]
Have you heard of Hippolytus’s Refutation of All Heresies? Written not long after 222 A.D. this book works through dozens of heresies–beliefs that the author disagreed with. Some scholars have argued against Hippolytus as the author, preferring to call him pseudo-Hippolytus. But regardless of who wrote the tome, the fact is that this huge book Read more about 579 Christologies in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries (Dale Tuggy)[…]
Let’s face it the New Testament probably calls Jesus God (or god) a couple of times and so do early Christian authors in the second century. However, no one offers much of an explanation for what they mean by the title. Did early Christians think Jesus was God because he represented Yahweh? Did they think Read more about 521 The Deity of Christ from a Greco-Roman Perspective (Sean Finnegan)[…]