RE: What were Jesus and early Christians like?
March 9, 2015 at 9:06 am
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2015 at 9:14 am by watchamadoodle.)
I was reading the chapter about the Gospel of Thomas last night in Ehrman's "Lost Christianities". The Gnostic theology explains so much about Christian texts and practices. I keep wondering if the earliest Christians (including Jesus) were Gnostics. The modern day followers of John the Baptist are Gnostics. The Gnostic Christians worshiped alongside proto-orthodox Christians in the same churches.
It's like proto-orthodox beliefs and gospels are censored and watered-down versions of the Gnostic beliefs and gospels.
It's like proto-orthodox beliefs and gospels are censored and watered-down versions of the Gnostic beliefs and gospels.