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To: Uncle Chip
Alexandria, where this text-type came from, was the heart and soul of Gnosticism, which is found throughout this Alexandrian text. Your admission is quite telling

Your clock is not working. By the 4th century, the issue of Gnosticism and any threat to the Church of Alexandria (St. Athanasius) is rather a moot point. At least try to keep the comments in context.

1,547 posted on 02/07/2008 2:08:42 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50
By the 4th century, the issue of Gnosticism and any threat to the Church of Alexandria (St. Athanasius) is rather a moot point.

Because by that time Gnosticism was found in other churches outside of Alexandria -- churches that had swallowed hook, line, and sinker all of those subtle Gnostic doctrines embedded in those corrupt Alexandrian manuscripts that your father Origen was manufacturing. Embrace your heritage -- don't run from it.

1,562 posted on 02/07/2008 3:45:19 PM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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