1.15 Markus Vinzent - Was a Resurrection a Fringe Early Christian Belief?

What if the resurrection wasn't the foundation of early Christianity — and most early Christians never even heard of it?

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That's exactly what New Testament scholar and historian Professor Marcus Vinzent argues in his groundbreaking research on Christ's resurrection in early Christianity. And in this conversation, he changed my mind.

In this interview, Professor Vinzent walks through the stunning evidence that resurrection belief was not a universal early Christian belief — but a Pauline belief that slowly spread through the Christian movement and eventually became central to the faith we know today.We discuss:

- Why major early Christian texts like the Didache and Shepherd of Hermas never mention the resurrection

- How Marcion of Sinope may have introduced Paul's letters — and resurrection belief — into mainstream Christianity

- Why the canonical gospels may have been written later than scholars assume

- How theology shaped the resurrection stories, not the other way around

- What "docetism" actually reveals about early Christian controversy

If you've ever wondered where the resurrection story came from, why the gospel accounts contradict each other, or what early Christians actually believed — this conversation is for you.

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