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Hi Heather

I can't argue that point. Originally it was thought that Josephus wrote about Jesus but those passages were later found to be faked.

I think that the reason that we have a gap of centuries before the books of the new testament were written is because originally Christianity was a new mystery cult. Mystery religions were secretive by nature and only allowed certain people to join.

What contibuted to the growing power of the sect was that it began alllowing anyone to join and enter into the early stages of initiation.

Some of the practices of the early church were parts of initiation cermonies, i.e. the euchrist, eating the body and drinking the blood. I believe this is why Christianity met such fierce opposition from the authorities. They had profaned the mysteries.