No Kisses for The Black

gnilukshi

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    ඇයි කළු උන් අශිෂ්ඨ ?

    සුදු මහත්තරුන් වගේ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ දේවල් කරන්න බැරි උනේ?
     
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    Did People Believe Jesus Was God in the First 100 Years?

    • Not all early Christians believed Jesus was God.
    • Many saw him as:
      • A human messiah (chosen by God)
      • A prophet or moral teacher

    • Belief in Jesus as divine began to emerge over time, especially in Paul’s letters (50s CE) and the Gospel of John (c. 90–100 CE).
    • Early Christianity was diverse, with many competing beliefs about Jesus.
    How Did Jesus Become God in Christian Doctrine?

    Belief in Jesus as God developed gradually through these stages:

    1. 30s–50s CE – Jesus seen as a human messiah and prophet.
    2. 50s–70s CE – Paul describes Jesus as exalted after resurrection, not clearly God.
    3. 80s–100 CE – Gospel of John presents Jesus as the eternal Word (Logos), divine in nature.
    4. 100s–300s CE – Intense theological debates; some thought Jesus was fully divine, others not.
    5. 325 CE (Council of Nicaea) – Jesus declared “of the same substance” as God; officially God the Son.
    6. 381 CE (Council of Constantinople) – Doctrine of the Trinity affirmed (Father, Son, Holy Spirit).

    What Happened to People Who Didn’t Believe Jesus Was God?

    • Many early groups rejected Jesus’ divinity, including:
      • Ebionites (Jesus = human prophet)
      • Arians (Jesus = divine, but not equal to God)
      • Gnostics/Docetists (Jesus = divine spirit, not truly human)

    • As mainstream Christianity gained power:
      • These groups were labeled heretics
      • Their texts were destroyed or hidden
      • Leaders were exiled, silenced, or punished

    • Church councils enforced orthodoxy and suppressed other views.
    • Some of these beliefs survived outside the empire or were echoed later in Islam, which honors Jesus as a prophet but not God.
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