Posted: Dec 27, 2021 3:16 am
dejuror wrote:Eusebius?? Who was Eusebius? Was he the bishop of Rome? Does anyone know of a convert to Christianity under Eusebius?
There were many conversions to Christianity during the rule of Eusebius' sponsor Constantine.
Leucius Charinus wrote:.... However unambiguous evidence for the existence of the NT writings and the presence of the Christian cult appears by the mid 4th century.
Radiocarbon dating of the gospel of Judas does not alter the argument that the Jesus cult of Christians started before the 4th century.
The point was that the C14 date is an upper bound. This limits the latest possible date.
dejuror wrote:You have not shown that "The Death of Peregrinus" attributed to Lucian of Samosata was a forgery.
I have provided evidence that scholars are aware of many forgeries in the name of Lucian. As a result of this the authenticity of any work in the name of Lucian becomes questionable.
Now, the Philopatris does not mention Jesus, the disciples, Paul or Christians.
The Philopatris has been listed as a Christian forgery by many scholars.
Nobody accepts that Lucian was the author.
- The scene is laid at Constantinople. A certain Trephon, who has been converted to Christianity by a bald, long-nosed Galilaean, who was carried up through the air into the third heaven (an evident allusion to St. Paul) and meets a friend, Critias, who is in a state of great excitement.[1] Trephon asks the reason for Critias' excitement, and the invocation of Zeus by Critias leads to a discussion on paganism and Christianity, in which all the gods proposed by Critias are rejected by Trephon, who finally suggests that Critias should swear by the Trinity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philopatris