Tag: Dr Richard Carrier

• Who Were the Early Church Fathers?

  

  Christianity began as a cult in the Mediterranean region in c.30CE. Dr Richard Carrier (author of On the Historicity of Jesus) describes the movement as beginning as a breakaway Jewish sect that incorporated elements from the other cultures, namely, the Greeks. To most Christians, the founder of their religion was Jesus, a man from Nazareth,…

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  December 12, 2021

  Ancient religions, History

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