Guest guest Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 > You see, Pamela, i am in a very difficult position as far as > declaring Shri Mataji's the Last Judgment and Resurrection is > concerned. Many of Her own devotees are against publicly announcing > this truth for reasons still unknown, except that it will chase new > seekers away. But that is not true because your presence here > contradicts it, as do many non-SY members of this list. " And another background matter also needs to be clarified. Namely, was the message of Jesus spread privately or publicly? This is not really such a simple question. Certainly, that Jesus himself was preaching in public, at least from time to time, is likely. How else should he have been crucified? But it also seems very likely that, post-Easter, his followers did not preach his message publicly at first, at least not in Jerusalem. For one thing, quite naturally, they would have been rather afraid to do this... But, also, at some point, the message _was_ proclaimed publicly. And Stephen was likely to have been the first to do it. Loisy thinks it was Stephen and his followers who were bold and enthusiastic enough to go beyond private proselytizing, and to tell the world openly the Good News that they felt the need to spread about... Who was the first to preach the message of Jesus openly rather than privately post-Easter, especially in Jerusalem? It was most likely Stephen and his Jewish Hellenistic followers, the seven deacons. That Stephen is named in the Acts at the head of the list of these deacons is significant. That Stephen was martyred primarily as a result of these developments seems to be pretty clear. " http://www.trends.ca/~yuku/bbl/1a7.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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