wHO WAS yESUS ?

Who was Jesus?  

“Jesus Christ”, or Yeshua the Messiah, (Christ = Messiah = the anointed / chosen one) was not literally the physical “Son of God”, but, during Jesus’ time, this title was honorific of someone considered worthy of the rank of one who served God as his Son. Physically, Jesus was a human man, a tzaddik Orthodox Jew, born of Mary and Joseph; but spiritually he was the son of God, His first born, as his Spirit was like an Archangel (Angel of Great Counsel) created and sent by God and greater than the other Angels. Christ was a man to be followed not worshipped.

A quote from the Homilies on the Gospels by Gregory I, RC Bishop of Rome (590 -604): 

“The word ‘Angel’ is indicative of function, not of nature. The heavenly spirits are always spirits, but they cannot always be called angels: they are angels only when they carry a message. Those entrusted with less important messages are called simply angels; those with more important messages are archangels. Thus it was not an angel but an archangel, Gabriel, who was sent to the Virgin Mary. It was fitting that this embassy be given to one of the highest angels, since it was the greatest of messages”. 

The example referred to is given in the first chapter of the Book of Luke. A quote from the Gospel of Luke 1:26-38: 

“1:26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, 1:27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. 1:28 The angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favoured one, the Lord is with you!” 1:29 But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting. 1:30 So the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. 1:31 Listen: you will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 1:32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. 1:33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.” 1:34 Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?” 1:35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God. 1:36 “And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age—although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month! 1:37 For nothing will be impossible with God.” 1:38 So Mary said, “Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.”

However notice how even Luke becomes ambiguous when describing how Mary will become pregnant. This explains how the Spirit of Jesus entered her unborn child rather than how Jesus was conceived.

Jesus Christ, the same man who was crucified on the cross under Pontius Pilate was not the same entity that created the Universe, the earth and mankind! Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and God are not part of the same triune but are separate entities. God is the focus of all prayers and Jesus Christ himself taught us not to worship him but to worship God. See The Trinity and the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

The modern Arian Catholic Church maintains the original traditions while looking at and applying Christianity with logic and reason. The Arian Catholic Church supports the right to Self Defence (in Jesus’ time to “Turn the other cheek” was a way of demanding equality with one who was attempting to assert dominance!) and advocates the true Biblical Commandments, its style is similar to that of the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and high-Anglican churches, it follows the Apostolic succession of clergy, however it doesn’t worship graven images or saints and it challenges some of the beliefs of traditional Christian Churches, especially where the bible has been mis-interpreted or taken too literally beyond reason, or where the Christian religion has been “Romanised” to suit the polytheist Romans of the 4th and 5th Centuries to acquire wealth and power.

Modern Arian Catholic Christianity asserts that Christ was Anomoios (dissimilar; i.e. as a created being Christ was unlike the Father in substance) and is Monotheist (belief in one God) in its belief and is applied with logic and reason. We try to find that form of Christianity that Jesus Christ himself taught. Our starting point is the early Orthodox church, then we look at what has been added, misinterpreted or misunderstood by incorporating 21st century knowledge. We recognise that the Bible was written in a manner that reflected Christians’ view of the world at the time and uses many exaggerations, myths and protracted terms. Also there are many more books from the scriptures than were not included in the bible yet some scriptures were written decades or centuries after the events that they are referring to, which demands caution when trying to use them to dictate Church doctrine. Simply justifying this by claiming that the writer’s hand was guided by God may not be justification enough. Detailed analyses of the Bible show how the word and grammar usage of different writers is different and changes according to the writers mood and health, it’s even possible to estimate the time of day different sentences were written. This proves that human frailties are present in the scriptures and that error and exaggeration are possible! We therefore need to read the bible with caution and not interpret everything literally but try to understand what was being told and where possible try to cross-reference this with other sources. This also means that we must take into account ALL of the Apocryphal scriptures as we must be presented with the whole truth and not omit scripture, we can then apply our knowledge and logic in their reading. The early Arian Christians interpreted the scriptures with logic and reason, which was extremely popular until the church Council of Nicaea with the help of Eastern and Western Emperors destroyed it.

The true Universal Christian Church is Anglican. A simple fact is that although it is believed Jesus Christ travelled to different countries, there is powerful evidence that he spent most of his life in England (see Christ in Britain). After Jesus’ death, his uncle, St Joseph of Arimathea, returned to Glastonbury with St Simon and erected the first Christian church there (see First Christian Church in Britain). In fact there is no logical reason why the Universal Church should be run from Rome other than Rome being the centre of power and wealth during the time of the Roman Empire. Logic would suggest that there are two original Holy centres for Christianity in the world: Jerusalem in Palestine/Israel and Glastonbury in England; arguably Rome is a third centre due to centuries of prayer and worship that have been concentrated there. The Arian Catholic Church is the evolved form of the early Church and is the true Anglican, Global and true Universal (Catholic) Christian church, that is not tethered to Rome.  

A further examination of some of the key principles of the modern Arian Tradition can be viewed by clicking on: Arian Liturgical Lore and Philosophy ...