Elaine Pagels sifts through history in search of Jesus - 3 Quarks Daily

Elaine Pagels sifts through history in search of Jesus - 3 Quarks Daily

Ron Charles in The Washington Post: It sounds like a strategy meeting with the campaign team: “Whom do men say that I am?” Staff members start tossing out responses from the latest polling: “Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.” But when Jesus presses them for their own thoughts, Simon Peter nails it: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” So there it is — settled. Ex…

By Nelson Flores, specialist in public administration, graduate of the University of New Mexico, USA, consultant of international cooperation. In the Gospel of the Apostle John 1:1, he begins with this verse: “In the beginning was the verb, and the verb was with God and the verb was God.” This is a reference to Jesus, of the very essence of divine deity.