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@masterofthetiger@theres.life
What it appears to teach to modertn indoctrinated christians, yes. People of the time who were scholarly enough to have access to read and own such texts however would not come away with the same apparent meaning. The way in which the additional content was encoded were standard practice and the deeper meaning, to them, would have been the apparent one.
@freemo
CS Lewis, a treasure to modern protestants loved medieval philosophy which included the idea of burying meaning under layers to dig through. As the biblical proverbs speak, wisdom must be searched for as hidden treasure.
A reading of the great books from church history are astounding at how similar they are to what is taught in churches today, but also can provide insight from outside of our current context.
CS Lewis wrote about this a bit in the introduction to On The Incarnation by Athanasius. Both the intro and the book are good reads.
@masterofthetiger@theres.life @selea
