Is Christianity a White Man’s Religion?

Contrary to this popular assertion, ancient Christianity in Africa preceded its’ rise in the west. In his book, The Early Church in Africa, Dr. John Mbiti outlines the fact that the message of Jesus penetrated Africa before it ever reached Europe. “Christianity in Africa is so old that it can be rightly described as an indigenous, traditional and African religion,” says Dr. Mbiti. The conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch described in the Book of Acts predates the apostle Paul’s first missionary journey into Europe by a number of years. There is clear, historical documentation of the church in Africa by the third century. Christianity was the dominant religion in North Africa and most notably Egypt

This blog is worth chewing on: http://www.theforgottenways.org/blog/16

Bob
Fides Quaerens Intellectum

Extract:
- They were an illegal religion throughout this period: At best, they were tolerated; at the very worst they were very severely persecuted.
- They didn’t have any church buildings as we know them: While archaeologists have discovered chapels dating from this period, they were definite exceptions to the rule and they tended to be very small converted houses.
- They didn’t even have the Scriptures as we know them: They were putting the canon together during this period.

(With the DVD being released, I thought it might be a good time to re-release this fact sheet that I did on the book earlier this year. - Bob Pratico, Fides Quaerens Intellectum)

Dan Brown, the author, calls it “historical fiction” – meaning that while the characters and plot are fiction, “All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate.” (p. 1)

Thesis: A secret society (“Priory of Sion”) was established around 900 years ago. The “Secret” they closely guard is that Mary Magdalene was really the wife of Jesus Christ and was chosen by Jesus to lead His church. She had a child by Jesus and fled to France. The descendants of Christ lived secretly protected by Priory of Sion. The Roman Catholic Church is destroyed if this “secret” is revealed and has thus covered it up for 2000 years. The emperor Constantine manipulated early Christianity to secure & remain in power. Leonardo da Vinci was secretly a leader of Priory of Sion and passed the “secret” in various art works (e.g., “The Last Supper”). Orthodox Christianity is a lie that has been created and perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in order to remain in power.

October 31 is known in America as Halloween. However, across the globe it is known as Reformation Day. On October 31, 1571, Martin Luther risked his life by nailing his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg door and sparked a revolution.

Luther was a committed Augustinian monk that did not desire to see the Roman Catholic Church abolished. Rather he protested (origins of “Protestant”) serious doctrinal errors in the church and desired to see reform (origins of “Reformed”) in the church. One Latin phrase summarizes this goal: semper reformanda. This statement means, “forever faithfully reforming.”