(April 8, 2017 at 5:13 am)Tazzycorn Wrote:(April 7, 2017 at 10:51 am)SteveII Wrote: 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)!
And not one of them managed to satisfy my condition of having a factual basis.
Indeed listing off some people who believe in something doesn't the belief has a factual basis other then hearsay or folklore nor does it refute Barts MODREN findings
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