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God, Creation, History and Faith: A Personal Journey Through the History of Religious Belief

Autor Peter Heyden
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2015
Since the end of the Second World War many archaeological finds have been made and much has been learned, particularly from the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts. Many early documents have come to light, which were buried to avoid the destruction of all kinds of early religious beliefs and practices ordered by the 'orthodox' Church. As a result a host of scholars, archaeologists, theologians and fiction writers have since written hundreds of books on the subject matter, which had been hidden for nearly 1800 years. Over the past six years the author has read over two hundred books, pamphlets and pages from numerous websites. He read them all with interest, but more importantly with an open mind, whatever the persuasion of the writer and whatever angle or message they have been trying to convey. This book has been put together by amalgamating many of the thoughts, ideas and claims written in these books, interspersed with the author's own thoughts and ideas. The aim is to provide for the author an explanation of what may have happened historically, and how that has affected his own thinking.It is for his own satisfaction to try to gauge the course of the history of creation and religion through to the establishment of the early Christian Church, and of course in so doing studying other religions as well.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781909304413
ISBN-10: 1909304417
Pagini: 332
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Mereo Books

Notă biografică

Peter Heyden had a conventional Christian upbringing, but after the trials of adult life had begun to test his faith in the Church he began to wonder about the basis of modern Western religious belief and worship in its various forms. He retired to Mullion in Cornwall in 2002 and set out to find the answers to some challenging questions about the foundations of Christianity and the origins of the Bible. If you have ever wondered why we worship God the way we do and where our beliefs about Jesus and his Disciples, the Holy Trinity, the Resurrection and many other aspects of faith come from, God, Creation, History and Faith will prove fascinating reading. The author's findings will engage both the committed Christian - of whatever denomination - and the sceptic.

Cuprins

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 Origins Page 1 CHAPTER 2 The birth of monotheism Page 31 CHAPTER 3 The Church of the East - the Peshitta Bible Page 37 CHAPTER 4 The connection between the Old and New Testaments Page 51 CHAPTER 5 The god of the early Jews Page 67 CHAPTER 6 The esoteric history behind the origins of Christianity Page 80 CHAPTER 7 The recorded Jesus Page 90 CHAPTER 8 The teachings of Jesus by the use of parables - the Son of God Page 102 CHAPTER 9 Contemporaries of Jesus Page 105 CHAPTER 10 The effects of the Crucifixion Page 121 CHAPTER 11 The emergent early Church Page 125 CHAPTER 12 The formation of the early Christian Church and the writing of the Gospels Page 137 CHAPTER 13 The religion of Jesus Page 156 CHAPTER 14 Aramaic gospels Page 159 CHAPTER 15 The Council of Nicaea 325 AD and the Creeds Page 168 CHAPTER 16 St Paul - hero or villain? Page 190 CHAPTER 17 The assault on James, and Paul's arrest Page 201 CHAPTER 18 The lost testaments, hidden gospels and scrolls and ancient texts Page 206 CHAPTER 19 Druids and Christians Page 225 CHAPTER 20 Pagans and Celtic Christianity Page 228 CHAPTER 21 The Da Vinci Code Page 233 CHAPTER 22 Some other beliefs and religious societies Page 239 - Paganism - Christo-paganism - Celtic Christianity in Britain - Buddhism - The Ebionites and Nazarenes - The Cathars - Kabbalah - Hermeticism - Gnostics and Gnosticism - Hinduism - Islam - Sufism - Puritanism - The Society of Friends - the Quakers - Taize - Bahai - Freemasonry - Freemasonry and Gnosticism CHAPTER 23 Conclusion Page 292 CHAPTER 24 What if? Page 295 CHAPTER 25 Back to a new beginning Page 300 Bibliography Page 312