RE: What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?
April 7, 2017 at 10:51 am
(This post was last modified: April 7, 2017 at 11:27 am by SteveII.)
(April 7, 2017 at 10:26 am)Tazzycorn Wrote:(April 6, 2017 at 4:06 pm)SteveII Wrote: Bart Ehrman is a NT skeptic with an important-to-note bias--he does not believe in God. Am is supposed to type out a list of scholars who disagree with him? That would be an appeal to authority.
Type out a list of theologians (not historians, as those arguing for the historical validity of the bible are sadly lacking in both historical knowledge and expertise) who disagree with him through a good grounding of the facts. I'll guarantee your list will be very short.
Short? How about we start with people much closer to the source than Ehrman (who is 20 centuries after the fact):
Didache
Barnabas
Clement of Rome
The Shepherd of Hermas
Ignatius of Antioch
Polycarp
Quadratus of Athens
Fragments of Papias
Quadratus of Athens
Aristides
Justin Martyr
Claudius Apollinaris
Minucius Felix
Melito of Sardis
Hegesippus
Dionysius of Corinth
Athenagoras of Athens
Irenaeus of Lyons
Rhodon
Theophilus of Caesarea
Theophilus of Antioch
Maximus of Jerusalem
Polycrates of Ephesus
Pantaenus
Clement of Alexandria
Tertullian
Serapion of Antioch
Apollonius
Caius
Hippolytus of Rome
Origen
This is just the list from the the first two centuries (of 20)!
