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To: irishtenor
The concept of Christoplatonism is found in the book “Heaven” by Randy Alcorn. A complete outline of it is in chapter 6, but briefly it is a mix of Christianity and Platonic fatalism.
I recommend the book for its conceptualization of Heaven. It caused me to think about Heaven more.

Yes, there was definitely a mix of Plato's teaching and the Scritures starting around the mid to late second century. And what about heaven? Tertullian said that those who believed that a Christian going to heaven immediately after death was not to be believed - one was not a Christian if he believed that.

13 posted on 02/05/2010 5:37:35 PM PST by Ken4TA (The truth sometimes hurts - but is truth nonetheless!)
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To: Ken4TA

A lot of differing opinions... and that is all they were, opinions.
Check out “Heaven” if you have a mind to, it is eye opening.


20 posted on 02/05/2010 7:09:33 PM PST by irishtenor (Beer. God's way of making sure the Irish don't take over the world.)
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