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The Second-Century Apologists

by Pettersen Alvyn Pettersen

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  • Publisher: Cascade Books
  • 12.7 x 20.4 x 1.3 cm

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""They bring three charges against us: atheism, Thyestean banquets, and Oedipean unions."" So a late second-century Christian Apologist wrote with reference to his critics. Against these and other charges the Apologists rallied. Not so, they maintained. It was not the Christians but their critics who were the atheists and the Christians were the true theists. They were atheists only insofar as they denied the fabricated gods of the cults and the immoral deities of theaters. That, they explained, was why Christians absented themselves, whatever the cost, from the imperial cult, theaters, and amphitheaters. They were not cannibals, as Thyestes was when he ate the flesh of his children. To suggest otherwise was to misunderstand Christians consuming Christ's flesh and blood at the Eucharist. Nor were they imitators of Oedipus, who entered into sexual relations with Jocasta, his Queen and, though he knew it not, also his mother. Christians did exchange the kiss of peace. They did love one another. They were not, however, incestuous. Any promiscuous love on their part extended only to a very practical love of every needy soul. This book explores these arguments, especially noting the Apologists' commitment to God's oneness, to Christians not worshipping anything made, and to humans properly caring for fellow creatures.
The Second-Century Apologists and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityThe Second-Century Apologists

  • Author

    Pettersen Alvyn Pettersen

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Cascade Books

  • Published

    August 2020

  • Weight

    327g

  • Dimensions

    12.7 x 20.4 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781725265264

  • ISBN-10

    1725265265

  • Eden Code

    5310863

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