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“And, to anticipate a later argument, let us not imagine, as some due today, the reason for the apparent unanimity is that the heavy handed orthodox obliterated all trace of a more polymorphous early period. We have plenty of evidence of debates about all sorts of things, and the virtual unanimity on resurrection stands out.”
Resurrection is central to the Christian faith....

“The question of timeframe is also important. Although Communist regimes devastated churches and other religious bodies, they had only a few decades to impose their will. In contrast, Christian communities suffered sporadic for executions over many centuries. Rare indeed is a religion that can withstand a full thousand years of extreme maltreatment.” p210

“Many Europeans were still in the first or second generation of the faith, a situation comparable to that of modern-day Africa. Most Asian Christians, in contrast, stemmed from Christian traditions dating back twenty-five or thirty generations.” Pg 70

“When Europeans discovered [Ethiopia] in the 17th century, they were astounded by the degree of Christian devotion. Even [Portuguese Protestant], where [Christianity] was far from scarce, asserted that ‘no country in the world is so full of churches, monasteries, and ecclesiastics as [Ethiopia]; it is not possible to sing in one church without being heard in another....’”

A lost Christian History indeed....

I’m gonna definitely need a break from reading about this conflict. It has been disheartening and overwhelming to see how the Palestinian people have suffered.

Relieved to read a majority report of Arab Christians not abandoning their Muslim neighbors in the ethnic cleansing, even to their risk of their own safety.

So far simultaneously capturing and horrifying.