Tag: Constantine
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What is Christianity?
It’s now 40 years since I stopped being a Christian minister. Am I now a Christian? This is where I have to put on a ‘philosophy’ hat, and ask the follow-up question. What does ‘being a Christian’ mean? Christianity, after all, is by no means a homogeneous entity. There are Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and…
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What is Christianity?
Many seem to think that what we today regard as Christianity is exactly what Jesus intended it to be while he lived, and that after his death it continued to be exactly that, while resolutely defending itself against all attempts at revision or reappraisal. Nothing could be further from the truth. If we look at…