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Some tenets in Christianity must be necessarily accepted by
a Christian. If not, you are no lenger a Christian. The tenets
are shared by all denominations and are really strict and
inflexible. For example:
1. The existence of the Holy Trinity,
2. Two natures of Christ,
3. Jesus saved people on the cross
4. Resurection of Christ and of our bodies,
5. Future judgement,
And so on, and so forth...
...Well, it is clear that the fall of Satan has never been one of the few basics of either Christianity or Judaism. But:
... All views whichI don't think the point was that this doctrine is official Christian doctrine
are not contained in the doctrine and do not oppose
it are acceptable - there is a principle: "in dubio
libertas". Now, when you say that an idea 'is Christian'
you suggest that it is part of the official Christian
doctrine. In case of "the fall of Satan" - it is simply not true. ...
But it was exactly my point! :-)
Well, I think we are making progress there, in tracing it back to the book of Enoch, which was probably written by Jews who were not Christians, but was never officially accepted as a canonical work by either Jews, nor by Christians except for the Ethiopian church. Perhaps its teaching is official doctrine of the Ethiopian church, but despite its widespread acceptance it has never been official doctrine in the European and American churches. Is there anything more to say on this?... this teaching originated among Christians and is widely believed by Christians. ... As for the origin of the teaching, I don't know.
For me the origin is the bone of contention here.
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