Six Paradigm Shifts in the History of Christianity (feat. Hans Küng) (July 12, 2019)

In his book Christianity: Essence, History and Future, Hans Küng divides the history of Christianity into six paradigm shifts that he identifies as "the Jewish Christian apocalyptic, Hellenistic Byzantine, Roman Catholic, Reformation Protestantism and Enlightenment modern paradigms" [1] as well as a current "Contemporary ecumenical paradigm" [2]. Küng's six paradigm […]

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The repression of early Jewish Christianity and the succession of Islam as its rightful heir (ft. Hans Küng) (May 2, 2019)

The rise and fall of early Jewish Christianity Jesus of Nazareth was an Aramaic speaking Jew in Judea, and all of his disciples and prophetic mission were strictly to Jewish people (Matt 15:24) and within Jewish lands (Matt 10:5-6), and he was firmly within Judaism (Matt 5:17-18). Likewise, the first Christians […]

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Hans Küng on the basic common ethics of Islam, Christianity and Judaism (April 17, 2019)

In Christianity: Essence, History, Future, Hans Küng provides two full page charts comparing famous ethical codes from Judaism, Christianity and Islam to demonstrate that these Abrahamic religions share the same "basic common ethic" [1]: the first compares the Ten Commandments (i.e. the Decalogue in Exodus 20:1-21 RSV, c.f. Deuteronomy 5:4-21) […]

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