Anytime a question is asked about what the “early church” thought about something, it is important to know that many of our early writings are not in 100% agreement. Few topics had the luxury of being uncontested. Even the existence of Hell was hotly debated (pun intended). Some believed in a fiery eternal torment while … Read more
The “Gospel of James,” can confuse a lot of people, not realizing that there is a different between the Gospel of James and the Apocalypse of James. This mistake is quite understandable but there are large differences between the two texts. The Apocalypse of James is a letter full of secrets that Jesus communicated to James; at … Read more
About: Spend enough time in ancient Christian literature and you will run across a short gospel account usually called the “Infancy Gospel” or “Proto-evangelism of James.” This gospel is dated to the 2nd Century, about 145 CE. The earliest known manuscript is a papyrus dating to the third or early 4th century, was found in 1958; … Read more