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The chart below describes the Christ myth theory and contrasts it with conservative Christianity and mainstream scholarship to help clarify the points of dispute. All 3 columns represent broad positions, generalizations and averages and there are exceptions to each point for virtually every author.
Orthodox Christianity | Mainstream Scholarship | Christ Myth theory | |
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Jesus was both man and God incarnate in a hypostatic union [1] [2] | Jesus was a man who came to be seen as God [3] [2] | Jesus was a God who came to be seen as a man [4] [2] | |
Gospels are a historical record written by or based on Jesus' followers [5] [6] | Gospels are later works based on materials written by or based on Jesus' followers [7] | Gospels are works composed theologically containing little or anything that occurred in an earthly sense. [8] [9] [10] | |
The book of Acts is an accurate record of early Christian development [5] [11] | The book of Acts is propaganda but the basic story of the Jerusalem church spreading out under Paul is correct [12] [13] [14] | The book of Acts is almost entirely fiction, Christianity came out of Alexandria [15] | |
The first Christians practiced the "Judaism" of the old testament in Palestine | The first Christians were Pharisees or Essenes in Palestine [16] [17] | Christianity emerged from Hellenistic Judaism most likely in Alexandria. [18] [19] | |
Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy spirit. [1] [20] [21] | Jesus was likely born of Mary, the virgin birth was a later add on, with authors split as to the reason. [22] [21] | Jesus was associated with savior God's who are frequently have unusual births, so he was born of a virgin [21] | |
Jesus is the Logos of God through whom all things were made. [1] | Jesus was a normal human being, who had no part in the creation of the universe [23] | Jesus is the Logos of Yahweh, and the Logos was the mechanism certain Hellenistic Jews attributed to the creation. | |
Jesus rose in the 3rd day after his crucifixion in fulfillment of the scriptures. [1] | Jesus died on the cross but his followers continued to have spiritual experiences and saw his resurrection as being fulfilled. He may also have believed during his life he would rise. | Jesus is a creation of scriptures and thus fulfills them. Further his broader type ( corn god) dies and rises again. [24] [25] | |
Jesus would not fulfill the military mission during his life but, He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end. [1] | Jesus did not see the messiah as having a military role and reinterpreted these passages spiritually. He did however believe that God would provide miracles to fulfill the military function of the messiah. | Salvation was understood in a non material sense by Jewish Gnosticism and this carried through to early Christianity. When later the title messiah was applied apocalyptic literature featuring Jesus (for example Revelations) was created. [26] | |
Non canonical works are generally 2nd and 3rd century written by heretics under the influence of Satan. [27] | Non canonical works are generally 2nd and 3rd century written by heretics under the influence of Hellenism. They should not be treated as informative of anything other than alternate fringe views. | Non canonical works represent different strands of Christianity and give us insights into the multiplicity of forms of early Christianity. They are authentic and should be given weight in the study of early Christianity. [28] [29] | |
Progression of beliefs: [30] | Progression of beliefs:
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Progression of beliefs:
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Comparative mythological elements are historic fact. The existence of pre-existing myth is the result of demonic imitation [35] or divine foreshadowing [36] | Myths of all types were added on to embellish Jesus' biography.. [37] | Hellenistic Judaism was a synthetic religion and had absorbed myths of all types, hence Jesus biography was constructed from myths of all types | |
Ideas originated in traditional Christianity | Ideas originated in liberal Christianity [38] | Ideas originated among the anti-religious: atheists, freethinkers, deists [39], often in response to the "quest for this historical Jesus" of mainstream scholarship. |
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Christ myth theory article. This is a community page, if you have input feel free to edit
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The chart below describes the Christ myth theory and contrasts it with conservative Christianity and mainstream scholarship to help clarify the points of dispute. All 3 columns represent broad positions, generalizations and averages and there are exceptions to each point for virtually every author.
Orthodox Christianity | Mainstream Scholarship | Christ Myth theory | |
---|---|---|---|
Jesus was both man and God incarnate in a hypostatic union [1] [2] | Jesus was a man who came to be seen as God [3] [2] | Jesus was a God who came to be seen as a man [4] [2] | |
Gospels are a historical record written by or based on Jesus' followers [5] [6] | Gospels are later works based on materials written by or based on Jesus' followers [7] | Gospels are works composed theologically containing little or anything that occurred in an earthly sense. [8] [9] [10] | |
The book of Acts is an accurate record of early Christian development [5] [11] | The book of Acts is propaganda but the basic story of the Jerusalem church spreading out under Paul is correct [12] [13] [14] | The book of Acts is almost entirely fiction, Christianity came out of Alexandria [15] | |
The first Christians practiced the "Judaism" of the old testament in Palestine | The first Christians were Pharisees or Essenes in Palestine [16] [17] | Christianity emerged from Hellenistic Judaism most likely in Alexandria. [18] [19] | |
Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy spirit. [1] [20] [21] | Jesus was likely born of Mary, the virgin birth was a later add on, with authors split as to the reason. [22] [21] | Jesus was associated with savior God's who are frequently have unusual births, so he was born of a virgin [21] | |
Jesus is the Logos of God through whom all things were made. [1] | Jesus was a normal human being, who had no part in the creation of the universe [23] | Jesus is the Logos of Yahweh, and the Logos was the mechanism certain Hellenistic Jews attributed to the creation. | |
Jesus rose in the 3rd day after his crucifixion in fulfillment of the scriptures. [1] | Jesus died on the cross but his followers continued to have spiritual experiences and saw his resurrection as being fulfilled. He may also have believed during his life he would rise. | Jesus is a creation of scriptures and thus fulfills them. Further his broader type ( corn god) dies and rises again. [24] [25] | |
Jesus would not fulfill the military mission during his life but, He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end. [1] | Jesus did not see the messiah as having a military role and reinterpreted these passages spiritually. He did however believe that God would provide miracles to fulfill the military function of the messiah. | Salvation was understood in a non material sense by Jewish Gnosticism and this carried through to early Christianity. When later the title messiah was applied apocalyptic literature featuring Jesus (for example Revelations) was created. [26] | |
Non canonical works are generally 2nd and 3rd century written by heretics under the influence of Satan. [27] | Non canonical works are generally 2nd and 3rd century written by heretics under the influence of Hellenism. They should not be treated as informative of anything other than alternate fringe views. | Non canonical works represent different strands of Christianity and give us insights into the multiplicity of forms of early Christianity. They are authentic and should be given weight in the study of early Christianity. [28] [29] | |
Progression of beliefs: [30] | Progression of beliefs:
[31]
[32]
[33]
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Progression of beliefs:
[34]
| |
Comparative mythological elements are historic fact. The existence of pre-existing myth is the result of demonic imitation [35] or divine foreshadowing [36] | Myths of all types were added on to embellish Jesus' biography.. [37] | Hellenistic Judaism was a synthetic religion and had absorbed myths of all types, hence Jesus biography was constructed from myths of all types | |
Ideas originated in traditional Christianity | Ideas originated in liberal Christianity [38] | Ideas originated among the anti-religious: atheists, freethinkers, deists [39], often in response to the "quest for this historical Jesus" of mainstream scholarship. |
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