When people reject the entire notion that "Chrestos" was once used as the title of Jesus they already put a low estimation on the value of the Marcionites. "Oh they were a sect." "Oh the Church Fathers thought they were a bit kooky." "Oh they hated Jews." All this bullshit. The Marcionites, unlike the orthodox knew what "THE Messiah" meant to their Jewish contemporaries and they said "that's not Jesus." I see this as a lot earlier and of a greater value than the figures like Irenaeus who say essential, "yeah but the Jews didn't know what God meant by Christ." Can we just stop with the "Chrestos" isn't a real title of Jesus and admit the Marcionite used this title?
Statistics: Posted by Secret Alias — Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:56 am