01-03-2004, 11:27 PM
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Optimistic Skeptic
Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial
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Originally posted by grumpyolddude
Matthew 5, 17-18:
"Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled."
It's taught that Jesus was the fulfillment of the promise that God made to the Jews, so it stands to reason that Christianity be bult upon the Jewish faith.
Matthew 16, 18:
"And I say unto thee, thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it"
Here, it's said, Jesus is naming Peter as titular head of his church on earth, the first pope, as it were. It's reasonable that Peter, believing that Jesus came to the Jews as Messiah, taught that, to be saved, one must first become Jewish.
This was the root of a fued between Paul of Tarsus and Peter. Paul wanted to adapt Christianity to existing local cultures, while Peter was adamant in his Jewish traditions.
Galatians 2, is extensively about Paul's devotion to the "uncircumsized" while Peter was ignoring them:
(in part)"7] But contrariwise, when they had seen that to me was committed the gospel of the uncircumcision, as to Peter was that of the circumcision.
[8] (For he who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among the Gentiles.)"
Some translations even have Paul calling Peter a heretic because of his inflexibility on the matter.
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Thanks g.o.d. 
This is what I was looking for. It actually seems the birth of Christianity almost went through a schism itself with the competing views of Peter and Paul.
Chavos, thank you for your comments as well. They were helpful and very much appreciated. |
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