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Anchorman

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Re: Pagan Christianity
« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2020, 10:44:18 AM »
But that doesn't give it any credence as to the existence of a god and its by blow.
     



No;
However it shows that the writer believed some sort of Diune-or Triune - theory about God.
It also shows that the Christian faith had spread to the 'middle classes' in Egypt by then, as less than 5% of the population were deemed to be literate.
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Re: Pagan Christianity
« Reply #26 on: June 29, 2020, 11:11:11 AM »
     



No;
However it shows that the writer believed some sort of Diune-or Triune - theory about God.
It also shows that the Christian faith had spread to the 'middle classes' in Egypt by then, as less than 5% of the population were deemed to be literate.

Sadly that faith hasn't done people many favours over the centuries. Of course there are many very good Christians as well as bad, but their goodness has nothing to do with their faith, in my opinion.
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Re: Pagan Christianity
« Reply #27 on: June 29, 2020, 11:21:40 AM »
Sadly that faith hasn't done people many favours over the centuries. Of course there are many very good Christians as well as bad, but their goodness has nothing to do with their faith, in my opinion.
   



Your question was regarding the Trinitarian doctrine.
I simply pointed out that some form of it probably existed - and obviously existed outside either Palestine or Antioch - by 120 AD.
"for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."