Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 days ago
It depends on how you define “Christian”. Theologically speaking, under Covenant Theology, old testament Judaism and Christianity are the same religion. So Abraham was a Christian, so was Moses, Elijah, etc. So Jesus would have always been a Christian.
Academically - Considering the term Christian wasn’t used until St Barnabas and St Paul were in Antioch, after Jesus ascended (as documented in the 11th Chapter of Acts) Jesus was never a Christian.
The term “Christian” itself is also debated - academically, people would attach it to groups that claim it. So they’d give it to the likes of Mormons despite Mormonism being as different to Nicene Christianity as Islam is.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There seems to be some slight double standards here.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Elaborate?
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ah, never mind. I assumed adoptionism was referring to that fringe practice some offshoots do where they “baptize” long-dead people they deem worthy and was comparing it to claiming pre-Christianity figures as Christian, but now I see it means something completely different.