Lectures on the Origin and History of the Bible
Document Type
Lecture
Files
Date
1916
Summary
Among the manuscripts left by Earl C. Davis were a large collection concerning various aspects of the history of the Bible, which are collected here.
Lecture IX, "The Bible of the Early Christians," covers the history of the emergence of Christianity during the first three hundred years after Jesus' life. Notably, in the first 200 years very few historical documents even mention Jesus. Christianity emerged as multiple different groups or "cults," with varying beliefs. Significant among these were the Gnostics, which Davis spends some time discussing. This ultimately prompted the need to establish boundaries, and that led to the arguments leading up to the establishment of the canonical text of the New Testament.
The primary downloadable document contains the original document followed by the transcription. The bottom of each item page also features the primary document as an embedded pdf for browsing.
Transcription by Davis Baird. Item description based off writing and context provided by Davis Baird.
Keywords
Earl Clement Davis, sermons, minister, Unitarianism, religion, Bible
Recommended Citation
Davis, Earl Clement, "Lecture IX: the Bible of the Early Christians" (1916). Lectures on the Origin and History of the Bible. 10.
https://commons.clarku.edu/origin_bible/10
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