Lucian of Samosata on the Christians
A hostile pagan satirist, writing to entertain, takes the crucifixion in Palestine and the character of the Christian communities as common knowledge.
Названо вне БиблииДревний авторc. AD 165
A satirist writing to mock a charlatan describes, in passing and with contempt, what Christians were like: they worship a man who was crucified in Palestine for introducing a new cult, they take his teachings on trust, they hold their goods in common, and they are extraordinarily willing to die.
…the man who was crucified in Palestine because he introduced this new cult into the world… they are all brothers, from the moment that they are converted.
- Найдено
- Transmitted in medieval manuscripts
- Хранится
- Various manuscript collections
- Язык
- Greek
- Как это дошло до нас
- Никогда не было в земле — переписывалось от руки, поколение за поколением, до книгопечатания.
Что она показывает
Lucian is writing satire, not history, and his interest is in ridiculing gullibility. What he assumes his readers already know is the useful part.
Как это используют историки
A standard non-Christian source on second-century Christian practice.
В Писании
Источники
- Van Voorst, Jesus Outside the New Testament (2000)
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