MERGED: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Part 1) & (Part 2)

[Mudhammam]

Remember that we have no original documents written by any "paul" character.

It would be nothing short of a miracle if we possessed any "original document" from that time, by which I take you to mean a copy that was distributed from the hand of Paul (or any writer) himself. But it is my understanding that quite a bit of Paul's letters are quoted or referred to in other late first century and early second-century writers, such as Clement and Ignatius. Marcion's an interesting character that I think goes to demonstrate that there was no monolithic sect called "Christianity" in the first two or three centuries of the common (or any time since) but a plethora of competing groups centered around a Christ-like figure.