Thought of the Day
'As it stands presently, NT scholarship will always get largely Christian results, be they the nineteenth-century liberal lives of Jesus, the Bultmannian dominated neo-Lutheranism, or the results of smaller subgroups, such as the social reformer/critic Cynic Jesus associated with the Jesus seminar: all different but all recognizably Christian'
James Crossley, Why Christianity Happened, 23
I suppose James' proposal raises again the important question as to what counts as 'recognizably Christian'.
posted by Chris Tilling @ 11:39 PM
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It has something to do with Jesus. And maybe something to do with some kind of claim that Jesus is someone worth following, somehow. Thus, "recognizably Christian". {g}
Hey, don't laugh. This is how Hitler gets to count as "recognizably Christian", or so I have been strongly assured by some people.
JRP
I can always pick 'em: They're nicely dressed, eating quiche, driving a sensible car, have a goofy sense of humour and a cringey sense of fashion... that's how I recognise them...
Crypto, the sensible car thing gives me away!
The Trinity (and all that entails) and the efficacy of Jesus' death for salvation (however that is conceived) -- those are the Christian non-negotiables as I see them.
Jason wrote:
"The Trinity (and all that entails) and the efficacy of Jesus' death for salvation (however that is conceived) -- those are the Christian non-negotiables as I see them."
Well, if belief in the Holy Trinity along the lines of Nicea, Chalcedon and later church teachings are non-negiotiable parts of Christianity then I fear that you could just as well throw out Mark, Matthew, Luke and most early Christians. Not to say Jesus himself...
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