Author: win r

"If we are to believe Hilgenford, one of the greatest German biblical critics, then "From the critical standing-point one must...consider the statements of the Father's of the Church only as expressions of their subjective view, which itself requires proof." We can do no better nor make a more correct statement of facts concerning Marcion than [...]

"Such, and far more elevating were the ideas of Marcion, the great "Heresiarch" of the second century, as he is termed by his opponents. He came to Rome toward the latter part of the half-century, from A.D. 139-142, according to Tertullian, Irenaeus, Clemens, and most of his modern commentators, such as Bunsen, Tischendorf, Westcott, and [...]

“In the ideas of the Christians, Christ is but another name for Jesus. The philosophy of the Gnostics, the initiates, and hierophants understood it otherwise. The word Christos, like all Greek words, must be sought in its philosophical origin - the Sanscrit. In this latter language, Kris means sacred, and the Hindu deity was named [...]

“A people brought up and nurtured for countless ages among all the psychological phenomena of which the civilized (!) nations read, but reject as incredible and worthless, cannot well expect to have its religious system even understood - let alone appreciated. The profoundest and most transcendental speculations of the ancient metaphysicians of India and other [...]