HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF PSEUDO-CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS AND CULTS

Moses Adetunmbi (PhD)

Abstract


Christianity is the belief in Christ and not a religion because religion is taken as a way of approach to God. Christ is not a way of approach to God because He has said “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me”. If that is so, which I believe is, and then Christianity is a faith, a way of life, not like religions of the world that are institutions of men. Talking about historic Christianity, the beginning of the letter of John is very relevant. Some facts stand out which are proofs of the historicity of Jesus the Christ and the fact that He was not a figment of human imagination. From the Gospel according to St. Luke there were reports from the disciples of Jesus and eye-witnesses - some were written while others were oral. The paper traced the root of Christianity and its rise to the challenges posed to it by Pseudo-Christian Organizations and Cults using historical method to drive home its point.


Keywords


God, Christianity, Religion, Father and Gospel

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