An analysis of Christian origins

I. Did Christianity come from Jerusalem? 3                                                                  
The term “Christian” dates to the years 145–150.  4                                                                       
The first Church spoke Greek. 4                                                                                                      
The fall of Jerusalem is ignored by the New Testament. 6                                                               
An unknown and inexplicable “rapid mutation” 7                                                                          
Paul before Christ? 9                                                                                                                        
The first Christians did not know about the “Twelve Apostles”. 10                                               
The Church of Jerusalem is a secondary, artificial creation. 12                                                       
The search for the first “Pope” 13                                                                                                    
The first communities were created outside of Judaea. 15                                                              
Geographical difficulties 16                                                                                                             
A possible role for Galilee 17                                                                                                           
Symbols and realities 18                                                                                                                  
The impossibility of a Jewish Christianity in Jerusalem 21                                                             
The first deacons were Hellenists 22                                                                                               
The birthplace of Christianity was not in Judaea. 23                                                                       
II. Jesus Christ, a composite character 25                                                                     
Critical Catholic positions 26                                                                                                           
Three rationalistic approaches 27                                                                                                    
Jewish sources are unaware of Jesus Christ. 28                                                                               
Pagan sources are late in mentioning Christians. 30                                                                       
The appearance of the Christians 33                                                                                                
The silence or gullibility of historians 35                                                                                        
The appearance of Jesus the god 36                                                                                                 
God humanized and man deified 39                                                                                                
The hesitation of the scribes 39                                                                                                       
The Christian “novel” becomes history. 40                                                                                     
The use of prophecy 42                                                                                                                    
The futility of all these efforts 43                                                                                                     
The cross of Christ was not a gibbet 44                                                                                           
The god become man 45                                                                                                                  
The fusion of God and man 47                                                                                                         
The Galileans were not Christians. 49                                                                                             
Character confusion 50                                                                                                                    
Two factions of “gospel” scribes 51                                                                                                  
The contradictions of Jesus the man 54                                                                                           
Vestiges of the earlier divine Jesus 54                                                                                              
Jesus as a “collective being” 59                                                                                                        
The saviour god who precedes the supreme God 59                                                                       
Jesus Christ was not a human Messiah. 60                                                                                      
CONCLUSION 61                                                                                                                   
III. The Church’s Beginnings 69                                                                                    
Supplemental Notes 76