Bishop Robert Barron slams New Yorker for piece criticizing Christianity

Catholic bishop Robert Barron took an exception to the “pretty boring article” from New York this week, who tried to diminish Christian legitimacy.

New Yorker posted a piece last month’s title, “We are still not completed with Jesus,” Summarize how “scholars discuss whether the gospel stories keep ancient memories or are only Greek literature in masking.” The piece was focused on an overview of “Wonders and Wonders”, the book of Elaine Pagels, which analyzes Christianity, and according to the article, “concludes that the most incredible evangelical stories have entered tropics and myths to vote inconsistencies and unpleasant circumstances.”

Bishop Barron presented an article in the UA A video divided on social media As an attempt to break Christianity.

“As I finished reading it, I noticed,” Oh yes, this is a new Yorker on March 31. It’s almost Easter time. “And so, while the swallows return to Capistrano, predictable, so that the main media usually choose Easter as their time to” destroy “Christianity,” he said.

The first key fact, he said, is that not a single Orthodox Christian is cited throughout the article among numerous scholars from different environments, saying: “The game here is not an objective scholarship, but there is a lot of attacking Christianity.”

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Barron then scored a number of “tired” criticisms of Christianity mentioned in the work, as based on the “unregulated sources” about Jesus’ life and death.

“Give me a break,” bishop He said in his video of the answer, published on Midway through the Lent season. “Jesus is the best witness to the ancient world. We have more reliable information about Jesus historically than Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great or Hammurabi. Do anyone doubt the historicity of these characters?”

He also addressed the article in New Yorker, mentioning that four gospels were “written in Greece for about 40 to 60 years after the crucifixion was considered to have happened.”

“This old canard o” Oh, they were written long after the event, “Barron said.” If you picked up a book about the jfk written in 2003, would you say, “Oh, it’s just a tissue of lies and fabrication and mythology? Oh, you know, he couldn’t be an eyewitness for the event.” the gospel.

“If you have to be an eyewitness for an event to have any historical truth, we would eliminate every book of history that exists,” he said.

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After rejecting the argument that the cross was a symbol of the attractive anger of God, not the divine love, Barron noted a last argument that he considered particularly “incredible”.

The Gopnik -Li piece quoted the book by Professor Notre Lady Candida Moss “Myth of the persecution: as early Christians invented the story of the martyrdom.” This book, Gopnik wrote, claimed that Christianity “constructed the cult of sacrifice, emphasizing disagreement and violently opposed any pluralism of thought.”

“Tell this to St. Peter. Tell this to St. Paul. Tell it to every apostle, except John-Koji died by declaring the gospel,” Barron replied, continuing to cite historical members Church who were killed for the defense of faith. “Tell this to this whole army of martyrs in the early church.” Oh, it’s just a cult of a victim. “Come on!”

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While the bishop said that he did not like how “old, tired arguments against Christianity” were foreseen at this time of year, he claimed that the world outside the media tells a completely different story.

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“What is actually happening in the world today is revival of ChristianityEspecially among young people, and I, I see that as a sign of great Easter hope, “Barron said.

New Yorker did not answer the commentary request.