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For those of you wondering what the hell Susan was talking about-
🕑 Added 2024-06-03 16:05:01 +0000 UTCIt's real. It's terribly real. I cannot possibly exaggerate how complicated the cosmology of the early Christian sects were. While that first diagram is labled "Schools of Gnosticism" please note that modern academics no longer believe that 'Gnosticism' was a thing. Rather, it was a catch-all term used by Ireneus and others to refer to several similar schools of thought, such as Valentinian, Sethinan etc. Some of you may remember Truth running into a fictionalized Ireneus when he recieved the Blessing of the Brass Sea. Behold- simplilfied (very, very, leaving a lot out) diagrams:
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Andrew Logan
It's is honestly a good explanation for if God is perfect why... not the best but it's not bad. It is also amplified in a context where you can literally proof god exists
Brett Peterson
Goodness. That's a whole lot of wrangling to grapple with the "unmoved-mover / big bang" vs. "Turtles / Gods all the way down" debate
HyperJoJo
I have to admit, while early fantasy literature isn't quite my favourite style, the world building is really intricate.
Addicted_Reader
Man I'm glad that the councils replaced this nonsense with the trinity. Way less complicated.
Deathly_God
TFW you need a full degree just to understand how deep the Theology fandom goes in referencing their lore structure.
Connor Butler
However I do love me a complicated cosmology
Connor Butler
I vaguely remember orders of divinity in the Paradiso. Dante was at his best when he was using hell to absolutely demean his political and social enemies. The rest of it got a lot tougher to read
