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Catharism (/ ˈ k æ θ ər ɪ z əm / KATH-ər-iz-əm; [1] from the Ancient Greek: καθαροί, romanized: katharoí, "the pure ones" [2]) was a Christian quasi-dualist or pseudo-Gnostic movement which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France, between the 12th and 14th centuries. [3]
Some Christians believe that certain New Testament figures are reincarnations of Old Testament figures. For example, John the Baptist is believed by some to be a reincarnation of the prophet Elijah, and a few take this further by suggesting Jesus was the reincarnation of Elijah's disciple Elisha.
Agnostic scholar Bart D. Ehrman claims that evidence that early Christians believed in reincarnation is scant. [99] Christian theologian Norman Geisler claims that there is no evidence of reincarnation in the Bible. According to him, the text in John 9:2–3 reflects the rabbinic belief in prenatal sins, according to which a fetus could commit ...
Augustine of Hippo (354–430) converted to Christianity from Manichaeism in the year 387. This was shortly after the Roman emperor Theodosius I issued a decree of death for all Manichaean monks in 382 and shortly before he declared Christianity the only legitimate religion for the Roman Empire in 391. Due to the heavy persecution, the religion ...
Origen believed that, eventually, the whole world would be converted to Christianity, [160] "since the world is continually gaining possession of more souls". [161] He believed that the Kingdom of Heaven was not yet come, [162] but that it was the duty of every Christian to make the eschatological reality of the kingdom present in their lives ...
Norman Hubbard: How Early Christians Became a Family. ... “Christians did believe they belonged to a common ethnos: a people. The bonds of their shared identity spanned the world, and reached ...
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While all Christians believed that Jesus was indeed the Unigenite Son of God, [6] "the divinity of Christ was a theologically charged topic for the Early Church." [ 7 ] Debate on this subject occurred during the first four centuries of Christianity, involving Jewish Christians , Gnostics , followers of Arius of Alexandria, and adherents of Pope ...