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 1, 2021

The Best of October 2021 by the Mystagogy Resource Center (MRC)

      

Below is the monthly review for the month of October 2021 of the ten most popular articles on johnsanidopoulos.com, then all the posts made on the other websites of the Mystagogy Resource Center in order of popularity.

JohnSanidopoulos.com

1. The Hand That Held The Prayer Rope Was Undamaged

2. Explanations and Clarifications of Ecclesiastical History and the Deontology of the Ukrainian Issue (Part 1)

3. The Sickness of Religion at Harvard (the Discovery of the Lost Correspondence Between Fr. John Romanides and Harvard University)

4. Fr. Ioannis Aleiferis, a Holy Monk of Mount Sinai Known as a Fool for Christ, Has Reposed

5. When Bulgarian Soldiers Tried to Steal the Relics of Saint Demetrius the New of Basarabov from the Cathedral of Bucharest During World War I

6. Testimony of a Miracle of the Panagia Prousiotissa During the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918

7. Myrrh Flows from the Icon of Saint George Karslides in Karpathos

8. Is There A Liturgy of Saint James?

9. Why You Should Never Trust A Quote Unless You Can Authenticate It

10. Protopsaltis Sotirios Tattis and the Musical Tradition of the Orthodox Church (1 of 2)
 
 
 
 
 

 
Eschatologia.com

1. Vaccines and the Antichrist
 
 
 
 

 


OrthodoxyAndWorldReligions.com

1. A Linguistic Distinction Between Orthodoxy and Religions


Erotapokriseis.com

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NewMyriobiblon.com

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OrthodoxYouthResources.com

1. "Friends Are Very Influential on Children" (St. Paisios the Athonite)
 


PraxisAndTheoria.org

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Know Thyself 
 
 
 
Salvation of Sinners
 
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