A Critical and Historical Enquiry Into the Origin of the Third Gospel (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Critical and Historical Enquiry Into the Origin of the Third Gospel In my former work on the Fourth Gospel, I stated the historical grounds for the conclusion that the Christianity of Jesus was a Moral system as he established it; but that it was changed into a Religious system in the second century. The beginnings of the change are indeed perceptible in the first century, even so early as in the writings of Paul, the first apostle of that name; but its completion was effected in the second century. In the first half of the second century, numerous religious teachers sprang up in connection with Christianity, the chief of whom were Simon Magus, Cerinthus, Valentinus, Marcion, and Peter. Each of these teachers formed a religious system of his own, which was declared in a treatise or writing. Christian society became thus split up into numerous religious sects, who carried on fierce religious controversies amongst themselves. In the second half of the century, an attempt was made, which practically proved successful, to conciliate and amalgamate these warring sectaries. Irenæus appears to have been the leading spirit of this movement. The scheme adopted was the publication of Canonical Gospels, containing the declaration of one common or catholic faith, compiled of selections from the writings and doctrines of the chief contending sects. The eclectic religious system thus formed was the Christian Religion as we now have it. Historical presumption is in favour of Irenæus, bishop of Lyons, being regarded as its founder, and not Jesus. My critical and historical examination of the Fourth Gospel, which was the first published, evolved the fact that this gospel was compiled from the writings chiefly of Cerinthus, and to a less extent of Valentinus and others. A clue was thus obtained to the sources of the Canonical Gospels. They were compiled from the writings of the more successful religious leaders and sects. The Christian Religion was indebted for the Logos doctrine to Simon Magus, for the dove to Cerinthus, and for Paraclete or the Comforter to Valentinus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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