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Old 01-11-2008, 08:49 PM   #53
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Also, let me add some perspective of the tension caused by Hellenization and the early Chrisitian response to it from an entirely non-Mormon source (this particular passage is about viewing 2 Peter as fairly critical theological response to extreme Hellenization):
Nice quote. Of course, I haven't been denying that Christianity was early "Hellenized"; on the contrary. But as the quote demonstrates, the NT itself is permeated by Greek ideas, as is Christianity as espoused by Mormons whether they know it or not. That they can't see it is one of the saddest things I could utter about Mormonism.
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