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<blockquote class="definition">'''Christianity''' is a [[Connection Framework]] based on the life and teachings of the [[Working Class]] Jesus Christ as presented first in the word of mouth teachings Christ and subsequently by his apostles. Christianity was infiltrated and subsequently murdered in its youth, its nascent but powerful teachings colonized and corrupted by [[Roman Emperor Constantine]] and subsequent church authorities.<ref>Mike Sosteric, “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution,” ''Athens Journal of Social Sciences'' 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88, doi:10.30958/ajss.9-1-4.</ref> | <blockquote class="definition">'''Christianity''' is a [[Connection Framework]] based on the life and teachings of the [[Working Class]] Jesus Christ as presented first in the word of mouth teachings Christ and subsequently by his apostles. Christianity was infiltrated and subsequently murdered in its youth, its nascent but powerful teachings colonized and corrupted by [[Roman Emperor Constantine]] and subsequent church authorities.<ref>Mike Sosteric, “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution,” ''Athens Journal of Social Sciences'' 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88, doi:10.30958/ajss.9-1-4.</ref><ref>{{lp240}} | ||
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Christianity is a Connection Framework based on the life and teachings of the Working Class Jesus Christ as presented first in the word of mouth teachings Christ and subsequently by his apostles. Christianity was infiltrated and subsequently murdered in its youth, its nascent but powerful teachings colonized and corrupted by Roman Emperor Constantine and subsequent church authorities.[1]Cite error: Closing
</ref>missing for<ref>tag"In the Gospel accounts, we find that most of Jesus's disciples are simple peasants from Galilee—uneducated fishermen, for example. " [2]
"As we move into the second Christian century, things do not seem to change much. As I have indicated, some intellectuals converted to the faith, but most Christians were from the lower classes and uneducated." [3]
Social Class: Early Christian scribes " were the wealthier, more highly educated members of the Christian communities in which they lived. "[4]
Early Church, a shift to the "middle classes?" "We have reason to think that the earliest Christian leaders were among the wealthier members of the church, in that the churches typically met in the homes of their members (there were no church buildings, that we know of, during the first two centuries of the church) and only the homes of the wealthier members would have been sufficiently large to accommodate very many people, since most people in ancient urban settings lived in tiny apartments. "[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Mike Sosteric, “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution,” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88, doi:10.30958/ajss.9-1-4.
- ↑ Ehrman, Bart D. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Harper One, 2007. p. 39
- ↑ Ehrman, Bart D. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Harper One, 2007. p. 40
- ↑ Ehrman, Bart D. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Harper One, 2007. p. 50
- ↑ Ehrman, Bart D. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Harper One, 2007. p. 51
