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What was The Faith of Jesus of Nazareth?

lovemuffin

lovemuffin

τὸν ἄρτον τοῦ ἔρωτος
I would say he had faith that he was not separate from his heavenly Father, who he dared to call Abba. He had faith that love and mercy, patterned after the connection he felt with God ("be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect..."), could heal and make people whole, and that human evil, hypocrisy, or abused authority could not overcome that. He had faith that spiritual power was not exercised by physical force

Note that all of that I'm taking from the gospels, so there are all the caveats about the fairness or reliability of that presentation, and I'm certainly presenting it in a not-explicitly-Jewish way but in so doing I don't mean to imply his faith wasn't expressed in a Jewish way. But those are important themes in his experience, presented by the gospels, in my experience
 
ChristineES

ChristineES

Tiggerism
Premium Member
George-ananda said:
The word 'Christian' did not get created until after His departure is my understanding.
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That's true, they were called "disciples" and they were called "disciples" in Acts, as well. The word, Christian, might have been used disparagingly, according to what scholars have said.
 
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Awoon

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well named said:
I would say he had faith that he was not separate from his heavenly Father, who he dared to call Abba. He had faith that love and mercy, patterned after the connection he felt with God ("be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect..."), could heal and make people whole, and that human evil, hypocrisy, or abused authority could not overcome that. He had faith that spiritual power was not exercised by physical force

Note that all of that I'm taking from the gospels, so there are all the caveats about the fairness or reliability of that presentation, and I'm certainly presenting it in a not-explicitly-Jewish way but in so doing I don't mean to imply his faith wasn't expressed in a Jewish way. But those are important themes in his experience, presented by the gospels, in my experience
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But what is the Name of the FAITH of Jesus of Nazareth?
 
lovemuffin

lovemuffin

τὸν ἄρτον τοῦ ἔρωτος
I'm afraid I don't understand what the distinction would be between giving his faith a name that would be distinct from his religion. Since you said "not his religion", I interpreted the question along the lines of the answer I gave. I probably don't have anything useful to say about the question you are actually asking, I guess?
 
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Awoon

Well-Known Member
well named said:
I'm afraid I don't understand what the distinction would be between giving his faith a name that would be distinct from his religion. Since you said "not his religion", I interpreted the question along the lines of the answer I gave. I probably don't have anything useful to say about the question you are actually asking, I guess?
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Faith and Religion are not the same.
 
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