Poor poor Christianity?

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Originally Posted by awareness

Okay. We've now learned of Luke's textual mechanics and antics. And you're wondering if we gather all of Luke's 3s together, if we'll then figure out his purpose.

Will we then learn that Christianity went poor in Acts? Acts did happen some 20 years after Jesus, when Paul was active. Was Paul a later version of Jesus? or did he misrepresent the historical Jesus? Was Paul the first to make Christianity poor? or did it happen before Paul?

I don't see how calling the author's use of repetition for emphasis "antics" is warranted. I do think that it's indicative of his intent.

I wouldn't expect to find Christianity going poor in the book of Acts. Before something it can become poor don't we need a standard for comparison? Christians generally look to Acts for a standard of how Christianity is supposed to be.

Of course the author may recognize elements that the true Faith fought against which may be sources for Christianity's eventual impoverishment. But it seems to me we need to first identify the book's central theme.