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By being usurped by the winners of the God wars.Constantine helped by forcing the orthodox church, on pain of death to dissenters, to accept that really stupid Trinity concept.To your first."Jesus didn't say anything like that."I am careful in what I put down. I have to be if I am to try to bad mouth Christian beliefs and morals. I will look again but for now can only find this from James, which my poor memory attributed to his brother Jesus.For Paul, “justification by works” (which he rejects) means “gaining right standing with God by the merit of works.” For James, “justification by works” (which he accepts) means “maintaining a right standing with God by faith along with the necessary evidence of faith, namely, the works of love.”https://www.challies.com/articles/justified-by-faith-or-by-works/RegardsDL
By being usurped by the winners of the God wars.
Constantine helped by forcing the orthodox church, on pain of death to dissenters, to accept that really stupid Trinity concept.
To your first.
"Jesus didn't say anything like that."
I am careful in what I put down. I have to be if I am to try to bad mouth Christian beliefs and morals. I will look again but for now can only find this from James, which my poor memory attributed to his brother Jesus.
For Paul, “justification by works” (which he rejects) means “gaining right standing with God by the merit of works.” For James, “justification by works” (which he accepts) means “maintaining a right standing with God by faith along with the necessary evidence of faith, namely, the works of love.”
https://www.challies.com/articles/justified-by-faith-or-by-works/
Regards
DL