Selam Gemena,
Your response to Micahel is attached. I appreciate your bringing us
historical facts. Yes St Augustine was a great theologian and an
African. If I remember my hsitory lecture well, I do not think he was a
Protestant. I think he was Catholic. Remember the Protesnat religion did
not begin until the 16th century.
"One of the greatest theologians in the Protestant church was Augustine,
an African from the 2nd century AD. He has had a greater influence on
Christian theology than almost anyone else. He has been to Christian
theology what Plato and Socrates have been to philosophy."
On Thu, 1 May 1997 LBeachy957@AOL.COM wrote:
As the to the whole idea of the christian believe system originating in
Africa (Egypt), for that matter the origin of the believe systems all the
"great faiths" of the world being from Afirca is very well documented in
a video tape by Dr. Asa Hillaird and in books by Dr. Ben Johacanna
((Spelling). Dr. Asa Hilliard's video tape is titled "Return to your
Source: Free Your Mind". If anyone is interested to know how to get it
send me a private message and I will send you the address. As to Dr.
Ben's books you will find them in boostores like Bordres, if you live in
university towns or African American book stores. Red Sea and Third World
Press may carry them too.
Gemena if you would like to discuss this further please send me a private
message, for all the reasons we had to go through in the past weeks.
Selam and ridette to all of us.
Salome Gebre-Egziabher
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> Christianity was an "African" religion long before it ever came to any
> European country. It spread from the Middle East and North Africa as far
> south as Ethiopia, possibly farther south, to Europe.
>
> One of the greatest theologians in the Protestant church was Augustine, an
> African from the 2nd century AD. He has had a greater influence on Christian
> theology than almost anyone else. He has been to Christian theology what
> Plato and Socrates have been to philosophy.
>
> The Christianity you see today tends to have a Western face on it which leads
> many to assume it is western. It actually originates from the Middle East,
> from Palastine. People tend to put their own cultural layer on their beliefs.
> One of the greatest theologians in the Protestant church was Augustine,
an
> African from the 2nd century AD. He has had a greater influence on
Christian
> theology than almost anyone else. He has been to Christian theology
what
> Plato and Socrates have been to philosophy.
>
> hawKa,
>
> Gemena
>
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