Posted on 12/22/2010 2:35:17 PM PST by iowaguy1972
Steven Nichols over at the Reformation21 Blog shared a passage from Leo Tolstoy in which Tolstoy said Christians can not believe in the Christ who preached the Sermon on the Mount and the Christ of the Creeds.
Tolstoy wrote in The Kingdom of God is Within You:
(Excerpt) Read more at caffeinatedtheology.com ...
So many smaller Christs can be carved out of the actual Christ. Tolstoy thought you can just take just that bit of Christ you agree with and run with it.
Instant heresy.
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