And MacCulloch is not afraid to make judgments and interpret the stories according to his presuppositions. All of these elements of who he is color the material. MacCulloch achieved ordination to the diaconate in that church before eventually taking leave of organized Christianity, though he describes himself as “a friend of Christians.” MacCulloch was trained in the liberal tradition of academia and is a homosexual. He has a history with the Church of England. The reader must first understand something about Diarmaid MacCulloch. This impressive volume, at over 1,000 pages of chapter text, has a lot to say about this story. The average Christian immediately interjects, “Wait, Christianity is not 3,000 years old.” Where does this story start? Clearly, Diarmaid MacCulloch intends to lay some groundwork for what Christians know and practice in the present day. Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years.
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