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Candida Moss’s “The Myth of Persecution”–A New Book Analysis Series (Part 5: Eusebius of Caesarea Made Up the Myth of Martyrdom and Apostolic Succession…and conservative Christians and the GOP are bad!)

Posted on February 23, 2025 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 7 Comments

Here in my final post on Candida Moss’s book, The Myth of Persecution, I will cover Chapter 7: “The Invention of the Persecuted Church,” and Chapter 8: “The Dan...

Book Review/Church History

Candida Moss’s “The Myth of Persecution”–A New Book Analysis Series (Part 4: The Romans Had Legit Reasons, Ya Know! Besides, Christian Martyrs Had Some Violent Language…which is much worse!)

Posted on February 22, 2025 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 2 Comments

In what is shaping up to be a five-part book analysis series, here in Part 4 of my look at Candida Moss’s book, The Myth of Persecution, I will be looking at he...

Book Review/Church History

Candida Moss’s “The Myth of Persecution”–A New Book Analysis Series (Part 3: The Early Christians Weren’t Really Persecuted…aka “How Moss is an Imperial Cult Propagandist”)

Posted on February 21, 2025 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 2 Comments

This week in Arkansas, we’ve had a bit of a few cold, wintry days, which means school has been canceled. And that means I have a few extra days to cover Candida...

Book Review/Church Fathers/Church History

Candida Moss’s “The Myth of Persecution”–A New Book Analysis Series (Part 2: The Early Christians Just Lifted from Pagan and Jewish Stories to Invent Their Stories)

Posted on February 19, 2025 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 0 Comment

Here in Part 2 of my look at Candida Moss’s The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom, I’m going to try to look at chapters 2-...

Book Review/Church History

Candida Moss’s “The Myth of Persecution”–A New Book Analysis Series (Part 1: Christian Martyrdom Stories are Made Up so Christians Can Oppress Others!)

Posted on February 17, 2025 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 1 Comment

A few months ago, an online friend of mine asked if I had read The Myth of Persecution by Candida Moss. I had not, although I had heard of the book and actually...

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