![]() ![]() ![]() So, numerous writers turned to forgery to give more weight to their arguments - and nowhere was that more prevalent than among varying factions of early Christians. And they were virulently at odds with each other, as different Christian teachers and groups argued that they and they alone had a corner on the truth and other Christian teachers and groups flat-out misunderstood the truths that Christ had proclaimed during his time on earth.” ![]() They were at odds with pagan peoples and governments, who considered them a secretive and unauthorized religion that posed a danger to the state. “They were at odds with Jews, who considered their views to be an aberrant and upstart perversion of the ancestral traditions of Israel. “Christians in the early centuries of the church were in constant conflict and felt under attack from all sides,” Ehrman writes. But the truth is, the fledgling religion was a big old mess for hundreds of years. Many people think of Christianity as always having been a well-defined, cohesive religion - as if the books of the New Testament were handed down from on high like the tablets of the 10 Commandments Moses received. Ancient writers forged writings to address infighting among early Christian groups. ![]()
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