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* I’d have to look up the lyrics to confirm it but that is the way I remember it. *

I’m currently reading Abraham’s Curse: The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam written by Bruce Chilton

To the left, unbelieving Judaism. To the right, developed Christianity (when fully developed, Nicene Christianity) In the middle, primitive / undeveloped Christianity -> the Jewish sect of the Nazarene. The middle is under pressure from both sides. Do you find this illustration helpful or...

No one in scripture calls it Christianity. I have a thread on the subject explaining why I have no issue changing my registration on this platform from “Christian” to “Other Faith”. Why call it Christianity? To distinguish it from unbelieving Judaism.

You’ve asked about my primitive Christian perspective @Riven. Rejecting fractured and fragmented Christianity isn’t the same thing as rejecting Jesus. Embracing Jesus isn’t the same thing as embracing fractured and fragmented Judaism. Solid ground is believing and obeying Jesus. Any other...

I don’t know if this will help clear or further muddy the water for you @Riven. Antony Flew includes an Appendix in his book that is dialogue he had with N.T. Wright, a Christian scholar. Wright writes, ”One of the great Jewish scholars of our day, Jacob Neusner, who’s written several major...

Primitive Christianity is undeveloped Christianity. It is the original Jewish sect founded and headed by Jesus in the 1st century. Christianity was in the beginning Jewish.