Having entered the Christmas season, we ask those who find the work of the Mystagogy Resource Center beneficial to them to help us continue our work with a generous financial gift as you are able. As an incentive, we are offering the following booklet.

In 1909 the German philosopher Arthur Drews wrote a book called "The Myth of Christ", which New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman has called "arguably the most influential mythicist book ever produced," arguing that Jesus Christ never existed and was simply a myth influenced by more ancient myths. The reason this book was so influential was because Vladimir Lenin read it and was convinced that Jesus never existed, thus justifying his actions in promoting atheism and suppressing the Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union. Moreover, the ideologues of the Third Reich would go on to implement the views of Drews to create a new "Aryan religion," viewing Jesus as an Aryan figure fighting against Jewish materialism. 

Due to the tremendous influence of this book in his time, George Florovsky viewed the arguments presented therein as very weak and easily refutable, which led him to write a refutation of this text which was published in Russian by the YMCA Press in Paris in 1929. This apologetic brochure titled "Did Christ Live? Historical Evidence of Christ" was one of the first texts of his published to promote his Neopatristic Synthesis, bringing the patristic heritage to modern historical and cultural conditions. With the revival of these views among some in our time, this text is as relevant today as it was when it was written. 

Never before published in English, it is now available for anyone who donates at least $20 to the Mystagogy Resource Center upon request (please specify in your donation that you want the book). Thank you.



November 21, 2010

Armenians of Turkey Rejecting Turkish Names Adopting Christianity


November 20, 2010
Pnaorama.am

Armenians of Tundjeli state of Turkey founded “Union of faith and aid for Dersimi Armenians”. After 8 months of preparatory activities, the organization was officially recorded a week ago, “Ermenihaber.am” news website reported.

The president of the union is a former journalist, 50-year-old Armenian Selhattin Gyulteqi, who changed his name 8 months ago taking Mihran Prgich Armenian name and adopted Christianity rejecting his name and Islam.

The president of the union says they will manage to save their identity due to the organization. The mission of the union is to christen 600 Armenian families living in Turkey to save their language, religion and culture. Special Armenian language studies will be organized for those Armenians who don’t speak Armenian.

The organization will also discover lost Armenian cemeteries, cultural monuments, mines of gold, find financial support and recover them.

“I’ve founded this organization with my seven friends. I don’t want Dersimi Armenians to have Kurdish or Turkish names. We should not live hiding our identities. For 50 years I was living with others’ religion, now I’m happy I found myself,” Mihran Prgich said.
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