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Proto-orthodox Christianity is a term created by New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman
Bart D. Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman is an United States New Testament Scholarly method and Textual criticism of early Christianity. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....
. Ehrman described this as one of the many religious sects that followed the teachings of Jesus Christ, yet this one was able to become the form of Christianity dominant today. This appellation, "proto-orthodox", recognizes that a Christian sect developed incorporating ideas from the Jewish-Christian adoptionists, the Marcionites, and the Gnostics.






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Proto-orthodox Christianity is a term created by New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman
Bart D. Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman is an United States New Testament Scholarly method and Textual criticism of early Christianity. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....
. Ehrman described this as one of the many religious sects that followed the teachings of Jesus Christ, yet this one was able to become the form of Christianity dominant today. This appellation, "proto-orthodox", recognizes that a Christian sect developed incorporating ideas from the Jewish-Christian adoptionists, the Marcionites, and the Gnostics. This group
“stifled its opposition, it claimed that its views had always been the majority position and that its rivals were, and always had been, ‘heretics,’ who willfully ‘chose’ to reject the ‘true belief’.”


Proto-orthodoxy’s New Testament Jesus


In order to form a canon of Christian works
Development of the Christian Biblical canon

The Biblical canon is the set of books Christians regard as divinely inspired and thus constituting the Christian Bible. The Christian Biblical Canon consists of the canons of the Old Testament and New Testament Testaments....
, proto-orthodox Christians went through an arduous process that was nearly complete in the fourth century, when Athanasius, the powerful bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, established a list of the New Testament’s twenty-seven books. “Proto-orthodox Christians argued that Jesus Christ was both divine and human
Hypostatic union

Hypostatic union is a technical term in Christianity theology employed in mainstream Christology to describe the presence of both human and divine natures in Jesus Christ....
, that he was one being instead of two, and that he had taught his disciples
Disciple (Christianity)

In the History of Christianity, the disciples were the students of Jesus during his Ministry of Jesus. While Jesus attracted a large following, the term disciple is commonly used to refer specifically to "Twelve Apostles", an inner circle of men whose number perhaps represented the twelve tribes of Israel....
 the truth.” This statement incorporates many of the other Christian sects' views, as well as opposing some.

In the canon, Jesus is characterized as a Jewish faith healer who ministered to the most despised people of the local culture. Miracle working
Miracles of Jesus

According to the canonical Gospels, Jesus worked many miracles in the course of his Ministry of Jesus, which may be categorized into cures, exorcisms, dominion over nature, three instances of Resurrection of the dead, and various others....
 was not uncommon during an era “in the ancient world [where] most people believed in miracles, or at least in their possibility.” Although most faith healer
Faith Healer

Faith Healer is a play by Brian Friel about the life of faith healer Francis Hardy as monologued through the shifting memories of Hardy, his wife, Grace, and stage manager, Teddy....
s profited from their miracles, Jesus wandered about healing the poor and disreputable. This is the Jesus who said, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God
Kingdom of God

The Kingdom of God or Reign of God is a foundational concept in the three Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.According to Jesus, the Kingdom of God is within people, is approached through understanding, and entered through acceptance like a child, spiritual rebirth, and doing the will of God....
 ahead of you.”

See also

  • Paleo-orthodoxy
    Paleo-Orthodoxy

    Paleo-orthodoxy is a Christian theology of the late 20th and early 21st centuries which sees the consensual understanding of the faith among the Church Fathers as the basis of Biblical interpretation and the foundation of the Christian Church in the 20th century....


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