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Secret History of Post-Paul Church Pt 2: 207 AD Tertullian Has to Fight Paul-Only Marcionites

Jul 22, 2022

Video Description

We present proof an English historian, Edwin Johnson, 1842-1901, who did a work on early Christianity. Within that, he summarizes Tertullian's work Agianst Marcion. from 207 AD. He is not a Christian, and thus has no axe to gring, and objectively reads Tertullian. He finds he makes audacious criticisms of Paul as lacking proof of any apostolate from Jesus, but at the same time holds onto Paul due to Gen. 49:27 in particular.

This is the passage that prophesies of a Benjamie Wolf. Jacob is the prophet over each son, of the 12, and Benjamin receives a prophecy that in the latter days he will raven like a wolf, and kill its prey in the morning, but in the evening, will --- according to the 70 -- the Septuagint -- divide the food. However, in Hebrew, it is not good behavior in the evening - it is in Hebrew -- "divide the spoil" - shalal in Hebrew.

But Tertullianan and most Christians did not have access to a Hebrew Bible, and thus the Septuagine said "divide the food." Tertullian accepted that, and that is why he retains Paul for God's purposes.

Thus, this proves a limited acceptance of Tertullian, and he genuinely was saying Paul's aposlate had no verification; it was counter to Jesus' plan of only 12 apostles; it is easy to lie to a self-serving claim of being and apostel, and lacks corroboration (two witnesses to subscribe), etc.

Hence, when Tertullian calls Paul the "apostle to the heretics," Lietzmann was right - this meant that the Latin church of which Tertullian was leeader -- and centered at Rome - viewed Paul suspiciously as of 207 AD.

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