When reading the Bible in an independent way, i.e., not through the
lenses of any official Church dogma, one is amazed by the many
voices that come through to us. Add to this variety the literary finds
from Nag Hammadi, as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls, then the
question now confronting many spiritual pilgrims is how it came
about that these obviously diverse theologies, represented in the so-called
Old and New Testaments, were moulded into only one
"orthodox" result. In what way and to what degree were the many
Christian groups different and distinctive from one another, as well as
from other Jewish groups? Furthermore, what was the influence of
other religions, Judaism, the Mysteries, Gnostics and Philosophers on
the. development, variety of groups and ultimately on the
consolidation of "orthodox" soteriology? / Philosophy Practical and Systematic Theology / Th.M. (Systematic Theology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/16847 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Gibson, Jan Albert |
| Contributors | Van Niekerk, Rassie |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
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