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I created this page since there is a page on this author on Italian Wikipedia. However the various mentions on English Wikipedia are unsourced and of questionable notability, so moved here. In ictu oculi ( talk) 04:49, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Mazdean-Christian Universalism
In the last decade of the 20th century, a group of American and Italian members of the Universalist Church of America, dissatisfied with the liberal trends which had taken over the denomination in the USA after the merger with the Unitarians and basing their researches on the findings of the German school of history of religions headed by Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930), started asserting that the essence of Christianity is to be found in the injection of Zoroastrian ideas (a benevolent vision of God, the presence of an evil agency in the world, etc.) into the Jewish religion. A Mazdean-Christian theology was developed, which was first exposed in the columns of the Brooklyn Universalist Christian and then in a book, Il Mazdeismo Universale, written by the Italian scholar Michele Moramarco. A Mazdean-Christian Alliance was formed in March 2010.
Zoroastrianism
Clear universalist trends appear in the Zoroastrian scriptures, especially in the Farvardin Yasht where the followers of Zarathushtra are enjoined to revere the wise and righteous of all countries. During the Parthian era, Zoroastrianism had strong links with Hellenistic cults, and its dualistic teachings were blended into early Christian Gnosticism. Even during the Sasanian era, despite the heavy orthodox stances imposed by the Zoroastrian clergy, representatives of diverse religious and philosophical schools were occasionally gathered at Court to discuss theological questions with the most learned Zoroastrian mobeds (priests). By the end of the nineteenth century, many Parsis (Indian Zoroastrians) were influenced by Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy, with its universalist esotericism. Lately (2008), a Universalist Zoroastrian group, Ohrmazd Mandal (The Circle of God), was started by Michele Moramarco, an Italian scholar who had been long connected with British Unitarianism and American Universalism. The devotional book of this group, though based on the Avesta (the Zoroastrian Holy Scripture),included prayers and texts from different spiritual sources (Christian, Mandaean, Manichaean, Buddhist, Hindu, etc.). In 2011 the group melted with the Mazdean Christian Alliance.
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I created this page since there is a page on this author on Italian Wikipedia. However the various mentions on English Wikipedia are unsourced and of questionable notability, so moved here. In ictu oculi ( talk) 04:49, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Mazdean-Christian Universalism
In the last decade of the 20th century, a group of American and Italian members of the Universalist Church of America, dissatisfied with the liberal trends which had taken over the denomination in the USA after the merger with the Unitarians and basing their researches on the findings of the German school of history of religions headed by Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930), started asserting that the essence of Christianity is to be found in the injection of Zoroastrian ideas (a benevolent vision of God, the presence of an evil agency in the world, etc.) into the Jewish religion. A Mazdean-Christian theology was developed, which was first exposed in the columns of the Brooklyn Universalist Christian and then in a book, Il Mazdeismo Universale, written by the Italian scholar Michele Moramarco. A Mazdean-Christian Alliance was formed in March 2010.
Zoroastrianism
Clear universalist trends appear in the Zoroastrian scriptures, especially in the Farvardin Yasht where the followers of Zarathushtra are enjoined to revere the wise and righteous of all countries. During the Parthian era, Zoroastrianism had strong links with Hellenistic cults, and its dualistic teachings were blended into early Christian Gnosticism. Even during the Sasanian era, despite the heavy orthodox stances imposed by the Zoroastrian clergy, representatives of diverse religious and philosophical schools were occasionally gathered at Court to discuss theological questions with the most learned Zoroastrian mobeds (priests). By the end of the nineteenth century, many Parsis (Indian Zoroastrians) were influenced by Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy, with its universalist esotericism. Lately (2008), a Universalist Zoroastrian group, Ohrmazd Mandal (The Circle of God), was started by Michele Moramarco, an Italian scholar who had been long connected with British Unitarianism and American Universalism. The devotional book of this group, though based on the Avesta (the Zoroastrian Holy Scripture),included prayers and texts from different spiritual sources (Christian, Mandaean, Manichaean, Buddhist, Hindu, etc.). In 2011 the group melted with the Mazdean Christian Alliance.
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