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Did Mark consider Jesus divine

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10y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The perceived divinity of Jesus evolved over time during the apostolic era. Mark, written approximately 70 CE, portrays Jesus as the messiah (anointed one), son of God, son of man (a human being), but not as truly divine. It was not until the fourth gospel was written decades later, that Jesus was finally portrayed as divine and pre-existing.

This is how the author of Mark's Gospel portrays Jesus, but we can not be sure what he himself really believed. Harold Bloom (Jesus and Yahweh: the Names Divine)says that Mark invented Jesus. It may be that earlier Christians (proto-Christians) like Paul and the author of Hebrews only worshipped a spiritual Jesus.

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