Ancient Christianity
A definition
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A definition of Ancient Christianity
We at
Home2b.nl are researching to find
what
Christian believers of ancient times
where
experiencing as their Fundamental Truths.
As a
first result is coming forward
the
existence of a very lively and multi cultural Ancient Christianity,
much
older then we know from the New Testament way of Christianity.
This
Ancient Christianity needs a more precise definition.
From
many Scriptures,
(which
were respected in ancient times as inspired revelations),
a consistent insight comes to life of a very
active
and pious
Ancient Christianity.
In
ancient times, let us say around the years 50BC and also much earlier,
many
well organized churches were in existence.
Some
of these churches were organized internationally into Africa,
into
Arabia, into Persia and India,
into
the kingdoms of Eastern Europe and beyond the Ural.
It is
possible to name some of the church organizations,
but
much is uncertain, because much data is lost by heavy suppression
and
forced erasure by the New Testament Christianity.
Why is Ancient Christianity important
for the present here and now?
Power
groups have imposed their views upon nowadays Christian beliefs
and we are not completely sure what has been
erased.
Those ancient beliefs are inspirational and
religiously
important for us in the 21st century.
During
centuries power groups have made choices concerning our beliefs
determining what we were allowed to belief and
what we were not allowed to believe.
We at
Home2b.nl are trying to re-do
those
choices to inspire spiritual life.
(As
you know for centuries believers were even forbidden
to
read certain books, the so-called Index).
Ancient Christianity has a deep respect
for the Eternal and Invisible Divinity.
Ancient
Christians believed that Divinity (God) is always nearby,
always on speaking terms with all believers
without
any in-between of priests or officials,
although
there was a system of initiation,
this
did nor stop anybody to have direct contact with the Highest God.
In principle you just walked out of your house
and
turned your face and hand towards the Sun Disc
and
you were heard by the Eternal and Highest Divinity.
The Ancient
Christian believers were in line
with
thousands of years of religious belief
to
see the Sun Disc as a symbol of the Eternal Divinity.
Ancient Christianity knew that the Sun was absolutely NOT divine,
but that the Sun was the everywhere visible
and
accessible symbol of the Eternal Divine Being: God.
Christianity has prayed towards the Sun Disc
during thousands of years.
The practise of praying to the Sun was common
until
around the year 1450AD. Also recent examples of praying
to the Sun by Christian officials are known.
Ancient
Christianity knew that Divinity was present in the Pleroma.
To reveal Itself to humanity the Eternal Divinity
wanted to be known
as the Father, the Mother and the Child.
(For
unknown reasons the Child is replaced
in
the New Testament by the Holy Ghost).
Ancient
Christians were absolutely convinced of
the
forgiveness of sins and to be in the Afterlife
in
the sevenfold Divine Abode.
They
knew that sometimes it was nesessary to be reborn
into
a new life when the results of this present life were unsufficient.
To be reborn into another life was in a way
a
chance to re-do things in a better way.
To
come clear with unfinished conscience.
(Some
people call this Karma, but this idea of Karma is not Ancient Christian).
The beliefs of Ancient Christianity are:
-compassion
with other living beings;
-the
sense of sin and sinning;
-the
believe that the highest Divinity is merciful;
-forgiveness
of all sins;
-resurrection
from death;
only
symbolic offering (no killings);
-the
God dying for humanity as an example of compassion;
-God
being in the grave;
-the
deep sense of the divine Mother originating all life;
-the
deep sense that the Divine Mother with the Child on her arm
is of the greatest importance to All life;
-the
deep sense, that the Eternal Divinity
wants
to be seen as Father, Mother, Child;
-the
feeling that Divinity is the One Invisible God,
Creator
of the Universe and Saviour of the people in need;
-the
feeling that calling out to
the
Eternal Divinity is heard and answered;
-the
feeling that initiation steps are necessary
to be
part of the collectivity of believers.
Images in their belief were:
-the
Good Shepherd;
-the Mother
with Child upon her arm;
-the
T-Cross;
-the
Sun Disc;
-the
Bridal Chamber;
-the
Fish and the Fisherman.
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