(no subject)

[kayre]

Random thought… the gospels make it clear that the apostles couldn’t get a complete grip on Jesus’ message when he was right there, so why are people so eager to believe they/we can or have, or that the Church in any age has done so?

Comments

[asakiyume]

Excellent point.

[amaebi]

As you know, I think this is a brilliant observation.

As you also know, the disciples are depicted as idiots, and a lot of proper truly lean into that. I remember being really annoyed with a pastor who was going on about how silly the disciples were [to want political liberation from Judea's subject status relative to Rome]. How could they miss The Point?!

How Much Wiser We Are than They, we say, looking owlishly through doctrinal lenses we're calmly unaware of.

And of course (as you also know) most people seem to miss the Peter-Paul conflict, and knowledge of early christianities is scarce indeed in most churches.