Jesuism
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Jesuism or Jesusism is a belief system considering itself to be the true representation of the teachings of Jesus and contrasts itself from the teachings of mainstream Christianity.[1] In particular, the term is often contrasted with Pauline Christianity and the mainstream church dogma of Nicene Christianity.[2][3]
Etymology
The term Jesuism was coined by the late 19th century. It is derived from Jesus (Jesus of Nazareth) + -ism (English suffix, a characteristic or system of beliefs, from French -isme, Latin -ismus, Greek -ismos).[4][5]
History of usage
In 1878,
It is to restore Jesus's sayings to their original purity.
It is to eradicate from the Gospels the interpolations of the Middle Ages.
It is to relate the misconceptions revealed by recent archaeological research.
It is to present Jesus from an economic viewpoint.
It is to break through the spell spectral of Cosmic Credulity.
It is to toll the knell of schism through Jesusism.[13]
The Orthodox theologian
Beliefs, practices, and adherents
There is no definitive meaning of Jesuism and hence no clear ideology. Various groups use the terms Jesuism, Jesusism and Jesuanism. These include disenchanted Christians who are critical of institutional religion or Pauline Christianity, people who focus solely on the teachings of Jesus and not on the entire Bible, people who identify themselves as disciples of Jesus rather than Christians, and Christian atheists who accept some of Jesus's teachings but do not believe in God. Adherents may be termed Jesuists, Jesusists or Jesuans.[20]
See also
References
- ^ a b Owen J. Flanagan. The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007. p. 36
- ^ Edgar Dewitt Jones. Paul the Stranger. Abilene: Voice of Jesus, 2003 (online transcription).
- ^ Douglas J. Del Tondo. Jesus's Words Only. San Diego: Infinity Publishing, 2006. p. 19
- ^ D. M. Bennett (1878). "Champions of the Church: Their crimes and persecutions". pp. 119–124.
Paulinism versus Jesuism
- ^ Frank S. Billings (1894), How shall the rich escape?, Arena Publishing, pp. 42 and 43,
Jesusism, which is Communism, and not Christianity at all as the world accepts it...Jesusism is unadulterated communism, with a most destructive anarchistic tendency
- ^ D. M. Bennett. The Champions of the Church: Their crimes and persecutions. p. 84.
The Progress of Jesuism
- ^ Frank S. Billings (1894), How shall the rich escape?, Arena Publishing, p. 231,
Emphatically I affirm, not my belief, but my certain knowledge. There is no God
- ^ Frank S. Billings (1894), How shall the rich escape?, Arena Publishing, p. 42,
Jesusism, or the Christianity of the Gospels, which we think can be attributed directly to the teachings of Jesus the Nazarene...There is but one standard to follow; that is, the utterances directly attributed to Jesus, particularly the celebrated Sermon on the Mount.
- ^ "Modern Christianity Not Jesusism." Signs of the Times Vol. 24 No. 25. Melbourne: Signs Publishing Company Limited, June 21, 1909.
- ^ Bouck White. The Call of the Carpenter. Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911. p. 314.
- ^ Lord Ernest Hamilton (1912). Involution. pp. 169 and 180.
Jesuism
- ^ George, Lyman Fairbanks (July 12, 1914). "The naked truth of Jesusism from Oriental manuscripts". Pittsburgh, Pa., The George book publishing company. Retrieved July 12, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Lyman F. George. The Naked Truth of Jesusism from Oriental Manuscripts. George Company, Pittsburg, 1914. p. 31
- ^ Sergius Bulgakov. The Orthodox Church. London: Centenary Press, 1935. p. 102
- ^ Declan Marmion, Mary E. Hines. The Cambridge companion to Karl Rahner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. p. 166
- ^ John L. Falvey. Buddhist-Christian dialogue: Four Papers from the Parliament of the World's Religions. Melbourne, 2009. pp. 10–12
- ^ Mark R. Alfino. "Spring 2010 Senior Seminar Note 7.3.1. Jesusism? Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine" Spokane: Gonzaga University, 2010.
- ^ Owen J. Flanagan. The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007. p. 263
- ^ Rodney Stenning Edgecombe (2009). "Commutation Across the Social Divide". p. 33. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20.
Christianity derives from the Greek adjective "christos" ("anointed")…This shifted focus from what he preached (moral tenets that ought properly to be called "Jesuism") to what subsequent commentators, Paul of Tarsus among them, made of his violent death
- ^ The YWCA magazine, Volumes 66–67. 1972. p. 46.