Christianity and HP

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 112619

Miz Storge wrote:

> I'm tackling the Christianity issue by looking for the 'basic 
bedrock 
> of the Christian faith' described in the Apostle's Creed - belief 
in 
> one God, the Father and creator, Jesus Christ the Son, born of the 
> Virgin Mary, crucified under Pontius Pilate, risen on the third 
day, 
> coming to judge the living and the dead, the Holy Spirit who spoke 
> through the prophets, etc. If I am correct, these are the minimum 
> things one MUST believe to be a Christian

Oh, gosh, I know loads of Christians who don't believe everything in 
the Apostles' Creed.  Many other Christians may argue that those 
people are not true Christians, to be sure, which only supports my 
point that it's not at all easy to define who is and is not a 
Christian.  

What is true is that if you not only define Christianity that 
narrowly, but define Christian literature as literature that alludes 
to each and every element of the Apostles' Creed, you won't have a 
lot of Christian literature left.  Even Aslan might not make the 
cut.  Christian authors do not necessarily create point-by-point 
allegories of the death and resurrection of Jesus.  They may, for 
example, write a story that expands upon one of his teachings. 

Amy Z

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