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I am refering to "First Apology" and "Dialogue with Trypho" by Justin Martyr. In "First Apology" Justin Martyr was probably the only writer who exposed the fact that Christianity in Samaria even up to the time of Claudius, 41-54 CE, was NOT at all based on AN ENTITY called Jesus, the offspring of the Holy Ghost, but on a character called Simon Magus a magician, the Holy one. The author of Acts claimed Simon the magician was converted and believed in Jesus but Justin wrote no such thing about Simon. Justin Martyr has a post ascension history of Simon Magus but has none of Simon Peter, the supposed 1st bishop of Rome. This is exactly what I expect once Jesus was just a story. I would expect that there would be NO historical records of Jesus and the diciples and that there would be a complete black hole of the activities of the supposed disciple after Jesus ascended. Justin Martyr confirms the black hole of "Church History" from around 41-150 CE, from Simon Magus to Marcion. |
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Writings by Justin Martyr and Pseudo-Justin suggest that Justin's writings were simply fabricated in imperial scriptoria of the 4th century (or later). The same applies to a host of writers. In how many instances do we find writings being classified into two authors --- Author X and Pseudo-Author X? Would you or anyone else care to hazard a ball-park estimate? Notably most of the Pseudo-X authors are treated as 4th century or later "productions". |
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It supposedly was Irenaeus, Papias and others who provided Eusebius with the names of the bishops of Rome, the authors and time of writing of the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles. Justin Martyr wrote nothing about the bogus history of the Church. You just can't find any footsteps of anyone that was associated with Jesus after he was ascended, only the footsteps of those associated with the Devil in the writings of Justin Martyr. |
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Do you happen to know the name and the date of the oldest manuscript which preserves Eusebius? Others may have tampered with the writings of Eusebius between the date of his death (c.339 CE) and the date of this oldest preserved manuscript. It is important to know this earliest manuscript date. |
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In a most unprecedented fashion, Eusebius explained in detail how he managed to write "Church History" after he had initially claimed he could not find the bare footsteps of those before him except for brief fragments. He even named the writings that were written, manipulated or mis-represented by him or his co-conspirators. This is a partial list. Writings under the name of the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the Pauline writings, Clement, Papias, Hegesippus, Josephus, Ignatius, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Theophilus of Antioch, Tertullian, Origen and others. Eusebius did spill the beans. |
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But the Vatican cleaned up the mess after Julian died. See Damasius, who openly fought in the streets of Rome with his personal army in order to secure the position of "Bishop of Rome". Damasius renovated the catacombs and opened up the tourists industry. When the emperor declined to assume the ancient role of "Pontifex Maximus", Damasius assumed this role --- and all the power in the eyes of the populace that went with it.
The continuators of Eusebius covered over the spilt beans with a concrete slab and rendered it authentic history, since they were simply protecting the authenticity of their own "Church Business As Usual". The finishing touches on the concrete slab were rendered by the thug Bishop Cyril of Alexandria, murderer of Hypatia and prime suspect pyromaniac for the buring of the library of Alexandria. Cyril is touted as the pinnacle and the greatest "Doctor of the Church". He is regarded as the final word in "High Christologies". He was given the name ---- "The Seal of the Fathers" --- for a very good reason since he secured the area after the beans were spilt, and he tidied up all the loose ends, such as Emperor Julian treatise against the Christians. |
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It is too late now. Eusebius has already recorded the fraudulent history and how it was done. See "Church History" under the name of Eusebius. |
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But, it is extremely significant to note that the names of writings or sources which have been used to fabricate Church History have been identified by the author/authors themselves. I am not sure when "Church History" was finally compiled but we know what is inside and it is fraud. Quote:
In Church History, the writings attributed to an aurhor called Luke and his close companion called Paul are all part of the fraud. This is in Church History 3.4.7-8 Quote:
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We have discovered faud so easily. I can't tell exactly when and who identified these authors as sources for the history of the Church but they are included as sources in the fraudulent "Church History". |
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