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.



June 30, 2018

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


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

JohnSanidopoulos.com

1. The Praiseworthy Orthodox Funeral of a Mother of Ten Children

2. The Chains of Saint Paul the Apostle

3. The Prison of the Apostles Paul and Silas in Philippi

4. Saint Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland (+ 597)

5. Holy Martyr Nectan of Hartland in Devonshire (+ 510)

6. Did St. Justin Popovich Break Communion With the Serbian Patriarchate?

7. Finding of the Sacred Relics of the Newly-Revealed Hieromartyr Nicholas in Karyes of Lesvos in 1960

8. On the Blood-Flowing Icon of Saint Theodore in Karsatas (St. Anastasios of Sinai)

9. Church of the Holy Five Canonical Virgins in Crete

10. 7 Greek Shrines Dedicated to the Prophet Elisha


HoneyAndHemlock.com

1. Movie: "Antimoz Iverieli" (2001)

2. "Doctor Zhivago": Russian TV Mini-Series (2006)


Bio-Orthodoxy.com

1. How I Became Orthodox (Herman Tristram Engelhardt)

2. Holy Synod of Greece Approves of Two New Patron Saints in the Medical Field

3. Saint Luke of Crimea and Albert Schweitzer: Bringing Together Two Great Men

4. Science and Orthodox Christianity: An Overview (1 of 2)


Eschatologia.com

1. A 9th Century Saint and Patriarch of Constantinople Who Disputed the Book of Revelation


Daimonologia.org

1. How a Horror Movie Inspired Me to Begin Studying the Bible

2. The Devil and His Wiles (1 of 6)

3. The Devil and His Wiles (2 of 6)

4. Simon Magus and the Apostle Peter


OrthodoxyAndWorldReligions.com

1. The Author of the Book "The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios"


Erotapokriseis.com

1. Questions and Answers 26 - 30

2. Questions and Answers 31 - 35

3. Questions and Answers 36 - 40


NewMyriobiblon.com

1. 5 - Book Review: "Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation"

2. 6 - Book Review: "Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire" by Edward N. Luttwak

3. 7 - Book Review: "The Christian Parthenon: Classicism and Pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens" by Anthony Kaldellis

4. 8 - Book Review: "Protestant Patriarch: The Life of Cyril Lucaris (1572-1638), Patriarch of Constantinople"


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