Originally Posted by krp
Word of mouth was the only way to get out Jesus' life and resurrection, told by witnesses the events like they happened. There was no chapter and verse to study, argue over. For Christianity to start and flourish all it needed was the story told.

If someone likes to study chapter and verse, fine for them, if someone doesn't and only needed to hear the word once, they aren't wrong.

Kent

No. Jesus preached himself as the apostles preached him from the OT Scripture. To say otherwise is to ignore the words of Christ and the clear history of Christianity.