Did Key Christian Beliefs Slowly Change Over Time?
Did 'core' Christian beliefs slowly change over history? This talk considers: the Gospels; the divinity of Jesus; and the resurrection.
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Did 'core' Christian beliefs slowly change over history? This talk considers: the Gospels; the divinity of Jesus; and the resurrection.
Peter May considers some of the earliest evidence for the resurrection: the early Christian creed recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:3-5
This video considers how long it took before Jesus's first followers came to believe that he was the Son of God.
Did Jesus claim or imply that he was anything more than a prophet? Or did his followers transform him into the Son of God many years later?
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.
The way the Gospel accounts use correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?