• TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Nope. Lots of stuff commonly believed by Christians isn’t from the Bible. (Though sometimes they’ll do a lot of mental gymnastics to assert that what they believe is from “the only reasonable interpretation” of the Bible.)

    Just a few other things commonly believed by Christians not (or at least only dubiously) from the Bible:

    • The seven deadly sins
    • The nine circles of hell
    • The seven levels of heaven
    • Transubstantiation
    • The trinity
      • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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        2 years ago

        Want a rabbit hole of apocryphal knowledge, start digging into gnosticism. It’s like more internally consistent Christianity. Also depending on which flavor and particular interpretation, you could arrive at such truths as: Satan runs the church. God(old testament) is an asshole and a fool. Jesus (specifically the divine aspect Christ) is on a rescue mission to save God’s mom, Sophia, from the prison world that is earth, that God made specifically to trap her. Judas is a tragic hero who has to kill his friend, Jesus, so that Christ can escape the prison world.

        It’s wild, it’s a more interesting story than Christianity, and I can ABSOLUTELY see why most of these books were branded heresy.

    • Bassman1805@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Transubstantiation is kind of in the Bible. Matthew 26:26-28

      While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”

      Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

      The discussion of transubstantiation is just how literal “my body/blood” is.