RE: The "Prophet Jesus": An Epic Failure?
March 28, 2019 at 5:23 am
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2019 at 5:24 am by Belacqua.)
(March 27, 2019 at 6:24 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Apparently, early Christians got that idea later on.
How much later is later? Of course there's debate about when exactly the gospels were written, and Paul's letters, but it's not much later.
John's gospel calls Jesus the logos, which has a long philosophical pedigree as something either an emanation from the One or the One viewed in a particular way. It's not a son like a human son, but analogously expressed.
Quote:The prophet Jesus preached a strictly monotheistic message.
I know the trinity doesn't look monotheistic to outsiders, but the absolute simplicity of God is basic theology to both Christians and Muslims. Christians would disagree that they teach anything other than strict monotheism.
Human limitations cause us to see parts or aspects.
Quote:necessary to pray to Jesus as an intercessor with the divine
Again, Jesus being divine means that he's not an intercessor.
Catholics see saints, from Mary on down, as possible intercessors. Jesus isn't one of those.
