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#467 Why Did John Write His Gospel? - Tim Staples

Catholic Answers Focus

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The Good God Doesn't Know Matter Even Exists

Gnostics taught that the good God doesn't even know matter exists because he's so far transcended. Jesus was born of, and this is very much related to heresy number one. Let's make this heresy number two. Jesus is not God. He is born of a normal sexual relationship between Joseph and Mary. But Jesus was chosen to become or to have the Christ dwell with him. And what Cerenthus meant by that is at his baptism, when Jesus was 30 years old, the Christ came upon him.

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