They had 1,500 years to distill out the impurities if they wished. They didn't bother. Good enough for the evangelicals, as you say.
My money would have been on the magistrates. But it is a bit like Trump saying he'll deport 11 million people because it is what the great unwashed wants to hear.
Ever read Hoffman's re-creation of Celsus' "On the True Doctrine?" Basically he took Origen's 'Contra Celsus', stripped out all of Origen's silly apologetics and tried to re-create as much of the book as he could.
There are some fantastic anti-xtian quotes in it. Somewhere, I had a list of them. I'll have to look around for it.
Quote:However, the author of Acts, writing that Saul's intention was to usurp the civil authority of the Roman magistrates,
My money would have been on the magistrates. But it is a bit like Trump saying he'll deport 11 million people because it is what the great unwashed wants to hear.
Ever read Hoffman's re-creation of Celsus' "On the True Doctrine?" Basically he took Origen's 'Contra Celsus', stripped out all of Origen's silly apologetics and tried to re-create as much of the book as he could.
There are some fantastic anti-xtian quotes in it. Somewhere, I had a list of them. I'll have to look around for it.