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.



April 1, 2019

The Best of March 2019 by the Mystagogy Resource Center (MRC)


Below is the monthly review for the month of March 2019 of the ten most popular articles on johnsanidopoulos.com, then all the posts made on the other websites of the Mystagogy Resource Center.

JohnSanidopoulos.com

1. How I Discovered the Power of Forgiveness

2. The Wonderworking Icon of the Venerable Laurentios in Nea Ionia

3. Why Orthodox Christians Fast (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

4. Why the Date for the Feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Needs A Change

5. The Rise of the Recent Veneration in Cyprus of Saint Marios the Bishop of Sebaste

6. Peasant Faith: Three True Stories of the Power of Simplicity

7. St. Symeon the New Theologian, Matthew 25, and a Critique of the Social Gospel

8. Sloth: The Foundation of Wickedness

9. The Romiosini of 1821 and the Great Powers (1 of 14)

10. "Meatfare Has Passed, Gone Also Is Cheesefare" (Greek folk songs to welcome Great Lent)


HoneyAndHemlock.com

1. A Conversation Between the Ascetic Father Makarios and Nikos Kazantzakis


Bio-Orthodoxy.com

1. Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says


Eschatologia.com

1. Concerning the Last Judgement (St. Ephraim the Syrian)

2. Orthodox Iconography as an Eschatological Art

3. The Eschatological Nature of Asceticism


Daimonologia.org

1. "This Kind Does Not Go Out Except Through Prayer and Fasting" (St. Theophan the Recluse)

2. On Seeking Manifestations from the Spirit World


OrthodoxyAndWorldReligions.com

1. The Conversion of a Japanese Shintoist/Buddhist to Orthodox Christianity


Erotapokriseis.com

1. Questions and Answers 75 - 79


NewMyriobiblon.com




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