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.



January 31, 2018

The Best of January 2018 by the Mystagogy Resource Center (MRC)


Below is the monthly review for the month of January of the ten most popular articles from the month on johnsanidopoulos.com, then all the posts made on the other websites of the Mystagogy Resource Center.

JohnSanidopoulos.com

1. Palestinian Muslims Beat, Torture and Threaten Greek Monks in Jerusalem

2. Miracle Reported of the Resurrection of a Baby Girl in Belgium

3. Saint George of the Foustanella Proclaimed Patron Saint of the Greek Presidential Guard

4. Where Saint Theophan Lived as a Recluse for 28 Years

5. History of the First Sunday of the Triodion (Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee)

6. The Funeral of Archimandrite Placide Deseille

7. The Scholar Who Doubted the Lives and Martyrdoms of the Saints

8. History of the Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian

9. Leo Tolstoy on the Mystery Behind the Identity of Saint Feodor of Tomsk

10. Why We Celebrate the Feast of Saint Anthony the Great on January 17th


HoneyandHemlock.com

1. My Top Twenty Movies of 2017

2. My Top Ten Best Movie Experiences

3. The Church Fathers and Heathen Literature Under Julian the Apostate


Bio-Orthodoxy.com

1. The Earliest Manuscripts of the Book of Genesis


Eschatologia.com

1. 5 Reasons Christian Support For Jerusalem Is Not About The End Times

2. After 30 Years, Alarmists Are Still Predicting A Global Warming ‘Apocalypse’


Daimonologia.org

1. The Occultist, the Immaculate Conception, and the Assassination on the Feast of Saint Genevieve

2. Demonology in the Life of Saint Anthony the Great

3. Controversial Public Art in Athens ‘Exorcised’ and Destroyed

4. Demonology in the Life of Saint Dionysios of Olympus

5. Repulsion of the Evil One and an Appeal to Christ (St. Gregory the Theologian)


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