It's interesting that the links are there, isn't it
DASA?
The link that
DASA refers to is on the
Reincarnation and the Early Christians link (labelled "some interesting articles" on the
Jesus a Re-incarnation of Adam? thread
On that page are some interesting points made about how the early Christian Church dealt with Gnosticism....
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These writings affirmed the existence of the doctrine of reincarnation being taught among the early Jews and Christians. These Christian mystics, referred to as Christian Gnostics, were ultimately destroyed by the orthodox Church for being heretics.
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The Christian Gnostics were regarded by some as a new Jewish sect who believed they had finally found the long-awaited Messiah and not a new religion. Some of the apostles became Gnostic and because of this, Christianity could well have grown up as a Gnostic religion had it not been for their eventual persecution by the organized Church centuries later.
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