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Originally Posted by aron
Gosh, a real man. What a shocking notion. At the core of the gospels, there was a real man named Jesus. What a revelation.
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Amen to that. Over the next few days over on the 'research' thread, I will post observations from going over the earliest documents from the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection.
Spoiler alert: these men focused on Jesus' humanity. They did call him the Son of God, but they did not speak of miracles other than the resurrection. Of Jesus' life they primarily discussed his willingness to suffer on our behalf. No healing the sick, no turning water into wine, none of that stuff. No talk of Gabriel or Michael or any other angel.
Oh, and no virgin birth.