• Zloubida@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I like Ehrman. I think Jesus had, before the Resurrection, no clear idea of who/what he was and that what Ehrman shows is how the early church not invented but discovered the divinity of Jesus.

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      18 hours ago

      I’m convinced that he believed he was the Messiah. I don’t think he considered himself divine. I think that was invented later.

      • Zloubida@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        Yes, but:

        • that doesn’t mean he had an idea of the Trinity and his place in it;
        • it’s probably something the Evangelist added anyway.