Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 137
The Evolution of Christianity 137 stock of Christianity continued to develop along unitarian lines and kept itself aloof from the later innovations which generated the rigmarole and complexities of Christian dogmas such as the godhead of Jesus as as the Son, the Trinity, Inherited Sin, Redemp- tion, physical revival of Jesus as , etc. The views of the early leaders of the Church, among whom James the Righteous is prominent, were simple and honest and had no internal contradictions or paradoxes hiding behind a smoke screen of mystery. A study of the history of Unitarianism in Christianity establishes beyond question the fact that the Unity of God, uncomplicated by the slogan of Trinity, remained the official doctrine of the true Church of Christ as in its pristine purity. Please remember that this short treatise is not an attempt to convert Christians to any faith other than that of Christ as. It is simply a genuine effort to invite the Christians back to the pure unadulterated faith and practice of Jesus as himself. It is a sincere attempt to revert the fiction back to the facts of Christianity— facts that are certainly as beautiful as they are realistic and satisfy both the head and the heart. For almost two thousand years, it is not the legends woven around the reality of Jesus Christ as that have kept Christianity together and have helped it to survive the challenges of reason and ever growing enlightenment borne out of scientific progress, nor is its survival due to the mystic belief of Trinity. What has held the truth and essence of Christianity together is the beauty of the person and the teachings of Jesus Christ as. It is the divine conduct and not the divine person of Jesus as that has been so beautiful to adhere to. It was the suffering, patience and persever-