Sentences with phrase «whole historical tradition»
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Definition of MYTH 1a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon b: parable, allegory 2a: a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone; especially: one embodying the ideals and inst - itutions of a society or segment of society b: an unfounded or false notion 3: a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence 4: the whole body of myths
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Now, this idea must be used by us to encourage once again the conception of a «historical Jesus» to be found by clearing away later «accretions and perversions» and then to be contrasted with the whole Christian tradition... We thus distract men's minds from Who He is, and what He did.
From Merriam Webster: Myth 1 a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon b: parable, allegory 2a: a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone; especially: one embodying the ideals and inst.itutions of a society or segment of society b: an unfounded or false notion 3: a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence 4: the whole body of myths 1.
Once the historical Jesus is displaced by the risen Christ encountering us in experience of Holy Spirit and the kingdom is disengaged from every worldly dream, the whole body of the Synoptic tradition takes on transformed significance.
As a whole, modern innovative literature training may only exist together with a long historical experience of development in the literary disciplines in secondary and higher education with methodical tradition.