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I'm not sure Baptism and the reception of the Chrism are separate rituals. 101. The Chrism is made lord over the Baptism. For from the Chrism we are called Christic(s,and) not because of the Baptism. And (he) was called the Christ because of the Chrism. "Philip 101" . metalogos.org . 98. ...

NOTA: The following list obviously may only increase in future: Argument from the Incipit of Mark: If the gospel is an 'eu-aggelion', hence Mark is the beginning of the message of an angel , then how can the Mark's Jesus be a mere man coming from Nazareth to be baptized by John? For Paul also Jesus...

I wrote in response to mlinnsen in another thread: You gave what I wrote a very uncharitable, or possibly deliberately polemical, (mis)interpretation and this is something you do pretty often with my posts (and others too, I imagine). The thread I started on Melito of Sardis Peri Pascha is a case in...

After reviewing Klinghardt’s arguments regarding ‘abolishing the law and the prophets’ in *Ev/Luke 23.2 (OG 1.74-78; 2.1166-1175), it seems to me that Klinghardt does not really make an argument against the theory that 'and abolishing the law and our prophets’ ( et solventem legem nostram et prophe...

Tertullian points to the mispronunciation but he makes clear that the underlying words are two different ones: from Xristos, anointed, and Xrhstos, good. Martyr counts himself among the Chrestians and doesn't even talk of Xristos in that context, he just makes a case for Chrestians being called tha...

After reviewing Klinghardt’s arguments regarding ‘abolishing the law and the prophets’ in *Ev/Luke 23.2 (OG 1.74-78; 2.1166-1175), it seems to me that Klinghardt does not really make an argument against the theory that 'and abolishing the law and our prophets’ ( et solventem legem nostram et prophet...

davidmartin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:54 am in light of this doesn't "Christ" have the meaning of 'annointed' rather than a messianic reading?
which makes the difference between Chrestian and Christian rather slight... except when given a different spin

This is nonsensical

Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, Messiah, 'anointed one'.

will you guys give it a rest about Marcion? half the posts started are Marcionite I sort of agree. I'd love to be able to concentrate on the Farrer vs. Matthean Posteriority Hypothesis issue, but you can't discuss the synoptic problem on this forum without Marcion (or Thomas) coming up. When in Rom...

Is there a scholarly reconstruction of Marcion's Antitheses more recent (and/or better) than Harnack's? Preferably one that cites its sources for each item in the reconstruction. (I'm aware of the discussion of the Antitheses in chapter 10 of Judith M. Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic (201...

Is there a scholarly reconstruction of Marcion's Antitheses more recent (and/or better) than Harnack's? Preferably one that cites its sources for each item in the reconstruction. (I'm aware of the discussion of the Antitheses in chapter 10 of Judith M. Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic (2015...