/his/ - History

>>35399

>When was the turning point where people began to believe the bible to be metaphors rather than literal?

I always thought the switch from medieval to reformation period was just the other way around, and reformation to be a bit like salafism in islam

>>35423

Yeah, you see a bit of both ways

I'd also argue that the Investiture Controversy and the Treaty of Worms between Henry V and Calixtus II is one of the important early medieval reforms, though more of a "foreign policy" reform than a "domestic" reform.

>When was the turning point where people began to believe the bible to be metaphors rather than literal?

Marcionists lived around 100-500 AD. and believed that the cruzifiction itself was a metaphor.

"Marcion held Jesus to be the son of the Heavenly Father but understood the incarnation in a docetic manner, i.e. that Jesus' body was only an imitation of a material body, and consequently denied Jesus' physical and bodily birth, death, and resurrection."

Then catholics took over and streamlined a lot of things.

Dozens of other important christian heresys came up during that time, many of them rejecting the old testament as a work of impostors at best and as the product of a wrathful demonic entity at worst.

Lotsa trippy shit too, early christians are interesting and weird.

>>35423

>Calling it Salafism

>Not Wahhabism

I'm proud of you, /his/.

>>35399

paul changing christianity from a jewish sect to a religion in its own right, and romanizing it, was pretty significant

>>35476

It's also somewhat ironic in that Jesus himself never wanted to found his own religion but to reform Judaism.

I'd guess Luther also didn't want to create a new confession but to reform (Roman) Christianity.

>>35512

People/organizations (especially religions) don't seem to like changing how they do things.

If you want something done, chances are you just have to break away.

>>35476

why people keep spitting out this meme

>>35735

what part of that statement do you have a problem with faggot?