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Jesus Wars reveals how official, orthodox teaching about Jesus was the product of political maneuvers by a handful of key characters in the fifth century. Jenkins argues that were it not for these controversies, the papacy as we know it would never have come into existence and that today's church could be teaching some-thing very different about Jesus. It is only an accident of history that one group of Roman emperors and militia-wielding bishops defeated another faction.Christianity claims that Jesus was, somehow, both human and divine. But the Bible is anything but clear about Jesus's true…

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6 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2010
    HarperCollins · 9780061981418
  • Other · English · 2011
    HarperOne · 328 pages · 9780061768934
  • Other · English · 2010
    HarperOne · 9781616647902
  • Other · English · 2010
    SPCK Publishing · 352 pages · 9780281063338
  • Other · English · 2010
    SPCK Publishing · 352 pages · 9780281065394
  • Other · English · 2010
    HarperOne · 328 pages · 9780061768941
NonfictionReligion & SpiritualityCouncils and synodsChristian civilizationChurch historyPerson and officesHistory of doctrinesDoctrinal Theology