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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (24747)	8/31/1998 2:23:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I was thinking less along the lines of major schisms than of the splinter movements so common during the medieval period. These typically began with a single charismatic pastor, preaching a message that combined Christianity with elements of local myth. The followers often believed that what they were following was orthodox Christianity. Many of these groups in the medieval period attained substantial followings and endured for several generations; some required decisive military efforts to stamp them out, usually with considerable violence. Was this phenomenon unknown in the early church? <<Because in general they disparaged matter and were disinterested in history, the Gnostics (in the narrower, more convenient sense of the term) were prevented from giving full value to the Christian doctrine of the incarnation of the Word.>> Seems a bit of an opinion call. Could you also say that because medieval church leaders placed inordinate emphasis on matter - namely on the accumulation of wealth and political influence - they were prevented from giving full value...? Steve

To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (24747)	8/31/1998 7:48:00 AM
From: Sam Ferguson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

The reason for the area described being the origin of Christianity is the Roman empire created it from previous mythology to control the jews rebellion of slavery. The bible was written and established by the Roman Empire. Any study of comparative religion will show the inspired writers were evil and misrepresented the true Christ as a human instead of Spirit. The unforgivable sin can only be ignorance of spiritual law. I have accumulated a mass of literature from many sources. Have been thinking of making a cd-rom of these. I cannot sell it due to copyright laws but could assure you most are expired and out of print. The others were downloaded from the internet libraries. I wouldn't want to make money just be reimbursed for my time and costs for the cd-blanks and mailing costs. I figure could charge Less than $30 including packing and mailing. There would be no way to put a true value on them but the books included would run hundreds of dollars. Any interested can E-mail me at samferguson@yahoo.com. Wish I could afford to give them away but disabled and on social security only. If anyone has a website I will be happy to upload a few at a time for free.