The Gospel of Plutarch
May 23, 2012 at 10:05 am
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2012 at 10:17 am by FallentoReason.)
Christianity seems to be ironic in the sense that it doesn't like Pagan traditions. The irony is that it should be thankful for Paganism, because one of the 'founders'of Christianity wrote from a purely Pagan philosophical framework.
Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, or Plutarch, was a historian who was born in 46 AD. He studied mathematics and philosophy at the Academy of Athens and eventually became a 'celebrity' among Greeks. He wrote many famous pieces of work including the Moralia which is a collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. Among these are works such as On the Worship of Isis and Osiris which shows that Plutarch was very familiar with Egyptian religion.
So what does Plutarch have to do with any of the Gospels? His ability to write was so exceptional that to the average person there isn't any correlation between the name Plutarch and (drum roll) the Gospel of Luke, and for that matter, Acts. The evidence is right there in these two works though, embedded as a puzzle by Plutarch.
I'll jump straight into it: Lucius, or Luc for short (with a long 'u'), used a play on words and named one of his works Lux Gospel. Lux is the Goddess of light, and embedded within this Gospel lies the parallels to Paganism in the form of a 'Sacred Number'.
The 'root' number is 432 and numbers built from this one are said to be harmonics of the number 432. So what Luc has embedded in his work is a reference to the light that shines at night, the light that shines by day, and light itself.. The moon, sun and light itself. If we know anything about Paganism it's that the moon and sun played a huge role in their theology.
The Acts of the Apostles, or as Luc's use of Philo's rules for the allegorical interpretation of scripture reveals it as, the Axe of the Apostle refers to the axe that Paul wielded to destroy the Tree of Life that the Nazarenes and Essenes used as a tool to teach their doctrines.
I don't know if much of this made sense because I'm still getting a better understanding of what all of this means, but here's some evidence that makes it undeniable that Plutarch is 'Luke' in disguise (based on scholarly views of 'Luke' and also historical + Plutarch's own writings):
Luke/Plutarch:
Same or similar names used by Luke/Plutarch:
And others here: http://www.gottnotes.com/ArticlesLukeandPlutarch2.html
So as I said, I probably didn't introduce all this evidence as smoothly as I would have liked to, but it was all so overwhelming that I wanted to share it. From what I've gathered so far though, Plutarch's cleverness preserved the pagan teachings of the day from those that were persecuting the group that we now call Christians.
EDIT: Plutarch was writing to all of us that 'love the study of religion' as Theophilus is two words; 'Theo' which is Greek for 'all things religious' (maybe the word 'THEOlogy' stems from it?) and 'philus' simply means 'love'.
He was speaking out to anyone that wanted to hear 'the truth' of the time, embedded in a puzzle of course.
Other sources:
http://www.thenazareneway.com/plutarchs_parable.htm
http://www.thenazareneway.com/The%20Gosp...20Paul.htm
http://www.gottnotes.com/PlutarchsParable.html
Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, or Plutarch, was a historian who was born in 46 AD. He studied mathematics and philosophy at the Academy of Athens and eventually became a 'celebrity' among Greeks. He wrote many famous pieces of work including the Moralia which is a collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. Among these are works such as On the Worship of Isis and Osiris which shows that Plutarch was very familiar with Egyptian religion.
So what does Plutarch have to do with any of the Gospels? His ability to write was so exceptional that to the average person there isn't any correlation between the name Plutarch and (drum roll) the Gospel of Luke, and for that matter, Acts. The evidence is right there in these two works though, embedded as a puzzle by Plutarch.
I'll jump straight into it: Lucius, or Luc for short (with a long 'u'), used a play on words and named one of his works Lux Gospel. Lux is the Goddess of light, and embedded within this Gospel lies the parallels to Paganism in the form of a 'Sacred Number'.
- In the first chapter there are only 5 numbers scattered throughout the first 80 verses. They are 5,6,6,3 and 8. Multiply them to get 4320.
- Divide 4320 by 2 to get the diameter of the moon (2,160 miles);
- multiply 432,000 by 2 to get the diameter of the sun (864,000 miles);
- square 432 to get the speed of light (186,624 miles per second).
The 'root' number is 432 and numbers built from this one are said to be harmonics of the number 432. So what Luc has embedded in his work is a reference to the light that shines at night, the light that shines by day, and light itself.. The moon, sun and light itself. If we know anything about Paganism it's that the moon and sun played a huge role in their theology.
The Acts of the Apostles, or as Luc's use of Philo's rules for the allegorical interpretation of scripture reveals it as, the Axe of the Apostle refers to the axe that Paul wielded to destroy the Tree of Life that the Nazarenes and Essenes used as a tool to teach their doctrines.
I don't know if much of this made sense because I'm still getting a better understanding of what all of this means, but here's some evidence that makes it undeniable that Plutarch is 'Luke' in disguise (based on scholarly views of 'Luke' and also historical + Plutarch's own writings):
Luke/Plutarch:
Same or similar names used by Luke/Plutarch:
And others here: http://www.gottnotes.com/ArticlesLukeandPlutarch2.html
So as I said, I probably didn't introduce all this evidence as smoothly as I would have liked to, but it was all so overwhelming that I wanted to share it. From what I've gathered so far though, Plutarch's cleverness preserved the pagan teachings of the day from those that were persecuting the group that we now call Christians.
EDIT: Plutarch was writing to all of us that 'love the study of religion' as Theophilus is two words; 'Theo' which is Greek for 'all things religious' (maybe the word 'THEOlogy' stems from it?) and 'philus' simply means 'love'.
He was speaking out to anyone that wanted to hear 'the truth' of the time, embedded in a puzzle of course.
Other sources:
http://www.thenazareneway.com/plutarchs_parable.htm
http://www.thenazareneway.com/The%20Gosp...20Paul.htm
http://www.gottnotes.com/PlutarchsParable.html
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