Expert: Brenda Martin - 5/18/2006

Question
Early Christianity did not see Christ as Divine.  When did we come to see him as such?  The research in Holy Blood Holy Grail addresses it somewhat.  Can you elaborate for me?

Thank you

Maryann

Answer
"EARLY CHRISTIANITY DID NOT SEE CHRIST AS DIVINE".

Christianity in the first century accepted Jesus' teachings and so viewed him as God's Son, not as the Creator himself.

WHEN DID WE COME TO SEE HIM AS SUCH?  

The bible tells us; after the apostles deaths, falsehoods began to creep in and so by the 4th century  the churches were teaching;  “the divinity of Christ” and that he is actually God. They held that Jesus always existed and was more than a human when he was here on the earth.

As one of Jehovah's Witnesses I don't “see him as such” I believe what Jesus taught, not what the churches of Christendom teach.

All the best
Brenda