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Originally Posted by awareness
I re-read my post. I made no such claim. Unless you can prove that Paul degraded Christianity, you're off topic.
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Originally Posted by awareness
I think you got points 1 thru 3 right. Now I understand how you misread my post ; that I said Paul started Christianity.
But I didn't say that. Neither did I say that the "mystery" was Hellenized. I think I made it clear enough that, the Christian era arose when the Holy Land was Hellenized ; during Hellenized times.
And then I ask if Christianity was poor because of it.
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Not clear enough for me to understand, even after the explanation. What does Paul's quote from Romans have to do with it? Have you distinguished between Christianity and the NT revelation of the church? If so, in what post?