Before the 4th
century CE it is misleading to refer to Christian "heresy" because there
was no dominant orthodoxy before this time. It is also misleading to use
the terms apocryphal and canonical because the New Testament canon was not
closed until the 4th century at the earliest. This means that for almost 300 years there
were many different and conflicting belief systems with Jesus as the central
character. Why did that happen? The answer is in neuroscience not history
books. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/9308b8a7d769/this-is-how-christians-canbecome-a-unifying-force-for-good
