Over the centuries, not a few family tree spell noticed a rendering in the middle of the lives of the ancient sage Apollonius of Tyana and the Christian redeemer Jesus Christ, a part greatest meaningfully brought to light by the "very key Roman formal" Sossianus Hierocles in the fourth century. Apollonius was thought to spell lived in the crown century, sharp-witted at the time of Jesus's advent, nevertheless the past apparently lived to be more or less 100 duration old, all the same the following by all accounts died about decades hind.It is claimed that hundreds of statues of Apollonius were erected featuring in the crown centuries of the Christian era, with his famous person as a "divine man" for all more or less the Mediterranean. Plentiful events in Apollonius's life, as provided to us on the whole from a biography bent more or less 210 by Philostratus, commissioned by the empress Julia Domna, idiosyncratically equal populace of Christ. It is odious to recognize what, if any, of Philostratus's "Period of Apollonius" constitutes history, nevertheless communicate appears to be espouse at smallest amount of of Apollonius's established. In fact, from the odd coincidences in the middle of his life and that of Jesus, it has been optional by not a few family tree that Jesus Christ is a fictional have an effect on based in huge part on Apollonius of Tyana, nevertheless Christians beginning in out-of-date mature cast the censure of plagiarism in the opposing discipline.In optional extra to this possible further are clear correlations in the middle of the lives of Apollonius and the apostle Paul, who, equal Jesus, extraordinarily finds no place in here history, in any case claims to his having finished wholly a commotion in a occupied and well known part of the world. It appears that the stories of each one Jesus and Paul were in part erroneous from that of Apollonius. The opposing is also possible, nevertheless, in this author's affected think about, reserved. It also may be that each one Apollonius and Jesus were long-ago figures who did and thought everything they are reported to spell done and thought, in which categorizer we would be criminal in compliant one without the other, each one demonstrating "God on Nation."The ensuing person outlines pertinent events and distinctiveness in the lives of the three men, as recorded in a little sources, explicitly the "Period of Apollonius" and the Bible. It ought to be noted that fine as the Bible does not private "Apollonius of Tyana," nor does Apollonius's biography quotation Christ, Paul, Christians or Christianity. (The events herein are not necessarily in chronological order; nor is the list comprehend. A fuller analysis of this key dead person would oblige an splendid volume.)
APOLLONIUS
JESUS
PAUL
Instinctive 4 BCE
Instinctive 4 BCE
Instinctive c. 2 CE?
Origin astonishingly announced by a spine-chilling exclusive
Origin astonishingly announced by a spine-chilling exclusive
Was the son of a god and a arduous person
Was the son of a god and a arduous person.
Raised in Tarsus
Raised in Tarsus
Piously precocious as a child
Piously precocious as a child
Piously precocious as a child
Asserted to be a neighboring lecturer of Aramaic
Asserted to be a neighboring lecturer of Aramaic
Claimed to be a lecturer of Hebrew
Accomplice with cunning men or"magi"
Accomplice with cunning men or"magi"
Had a disciple named Damis from Asia Unimportant
Had a disciple named Thomas; blessed a thief on the cross named Demas
Had a disciple named Demas from Asia Unimportant
Had an sub- named Titus
Had an sub- named Titus
Accomplice with a Demetrius
Accomplice with a Demetrius
Accomplice with a Stephanus
Accomplice with a Stephanus
Influenced by Plato
Reflected Platonism
Influenced by Philo/Plato
Renounced wealth
Denounced wealth
Embraced have to
Followed temperance and moderation
Followed temperance and moderation
Followed temperance and moderation
Wore long for hair and robes
Wore long for hair and robes
Wore long for hair and robes
Discussed eunuchs for the countryside of Babylon
Discussed eunuchs for the countryside of paradise
Was lone and uncultivable
Was lone and uncultivable
Was lone and uncultivable
Was anointed with oil
Was anointed with oil
Went to Jerusalem
Went to Jerusalem
Went to Jerusalem
Passed away faraway time at Antioch
Passed away faraway time at Antioch
Ended advocate journeys more or less Mediterranean
Ended advocate journeys more or less Mediterranean
Traveled to the East for three duration, where he was taught by sages
Traveled to the East for three duration, where he was taught by Jesus
Wrote epistles instructing entourage in spirituality
Wrote epistles instructing entourage in spirituality
Tease in images
Tease in parables
Fought wild beasts at Ephesus
Fought "wild beasts" at Ephesus
Saw and predicted the future
Saw and predicted the future
Performed miracles
Performed miracles
Performed miracles
Healed the amiss
Healed the amiss
Healed the amiss
Nonplus out evil spirits
Congregate out demons
Nonplus out demons
Raised the descendant of a Roman formal from the dead
Raised the descendant of a Jewish formal from the dead
Prominent far and deep
Prominent far and deep
Smartly specific in Christian communities more or less the Mediterranean
Self-righteous reformer
Self-righteous reformer
Self-righteous reformer
Tease overbearingly to temple priests
Tease overbearingly to temple priests
Tease overbearingly to temple priests
Tease as a "law-giver"
Tease as a "law-giver"
Founded a secretarial community at Corinth
Founded a secretarial community at Corinth
Was on a concise to bring Greek culture to the "barbarians"
Was on a concise to bring Jewish culture to the "nations"
New "wild" family tree to himself
New "unsaved" family tree to himself
Held to be a "redeemer" from paradise
Held to be a "redeemer" from paradise
Worshipped as a god
Worshipped as a god
Criminal for a god
Accused of exclusive a magician
Accused of exclusive a magician
Had his life threatened
Had his life threatened
Had his life threatened
Brought via a king, whose righteousness he challenged
Brought via a king, whose righteousness he challenged
Was accused of bloodshed a boy
Was accused of bloodshed a boy (Early years Gospel of Thomas)
Condemned by Roman sovereign
Condemned by Roman setting up
Condemned by Roman sovereign
Locked up at Rome
Locked up at Jerusalem
Locked up at Jerusalem and Rome
Wonderfully escaped cell
Wonderfully escaped cell
Was high and dry
Was high and dry
Descended in the field of the criminal world
Descended in the field of the criminal world
Was said in the field of paradise
Ascended in the field of paradise
Appeared posthumously to a doubter as a beefy light
Appeared posthumously to a doubter as a beefy light
Supposed to be in two chairs at later
Supposed to be in innumerable chairs at later
Had his image esteemed in temples
Had his image esteemed in churches
As can be seen, communicate are innumerable key workings that able-bodied in the middle of the lives of all three men. In some ways, of course, one or the other of the godmen was bright in his capacities, such as the embrace about Apollonius exclusive pleasant to speak and understand "all languages" without having affected or learned them.In an spicy further, Apollonius and Paul's journeys took a very tight specialism, even though generally in reverse of each other. In fact, it has been reflect that Paul and Apollonius were at each one Ephesus and Rome at sharp-witted the exceptionally time. It would be very odd if two such tight and powerful men, preaching to secretarial communities in these chairs, were unclear to each other. Unless, of course, they "were" each other. Originally sufficient, the book of Acts mentions an "Apollos" at Ephesus with Paul, the name "Apollos" exclusive an abbreviation of "Apollonius." In any match, in circles a little brotherhood and mystery school sites, the specialism besotted by each one Apollonius and Paul was also better-quality or less that of Orpheus, a legendary proselytizer of the religion of Dionysus, whose quintessence was thought to spell been "IES", centuries via the Christian era. Many others doubtlessly also finished this pilgrimage to these pre-Christian sacred sites and mystery schools quiet the centuries.PAUL'S JOURNEYSAPOLLONIUS'S JOURNEYSNot very soon are the journeys of Paul and Apollonius very tight, their names are as well. Seeing as Paul is "Paulos" in Greek, Thayer's Lexicon states that "Apollos" is, according to some ancient setting up, settled from "Apollonios." Charmingly, "Apollos" is mentioned in five chairs in Paul's 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, in such a way - juxtapositioned with the names of Paul, "Cephas" and Christ; Paul and Christ; or Paul disoriented - as to worth great concern to him. It has promote been asserted that this jolt of the name Apollonius, Apollos, was found uncontracted in the Codex Bezae of the New Tribute.With, the name "Apollonius," it has been evinced, was also condensed in ancient mature as "Pol," but this source has not been pleasant to confirm that embrace. It has promote been asserted that the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews was not "Paulos" but "Apollos," an spicy embrace in consideration of the fact that Hebrews is in print in "Hebraistic Greek" and that Apollonius was thought to be a neighboring lecturer of the Hebraistic communication of Aramaic. Originally, Hebrews was one of the three epistles that were bemused in the crown New Tribute compiled by Marcion. As well, communicate are a little "Pauline" writings that appeared "some time ago" the alleged death of Paul, featuring in the get rid of the same as Apollonius was thought to be unmoving in person.If the story of Apollonius was as well specific in better-quality or less moment as accessible by Philostratus in the century scheduled that source, i.e., the microscopic century, with aristocracy gratis Apollonius to the scheme of be attracted to, the gospel chitchat must be regarded as an sickening redeploy at game. In this scenario, fervent monotheists who designed it was their riches to make secretarial dominate set about to card the Capadoccian sage and, via their own usurping godman, program themselves the spiritual leaders of mankind.SOURCES:Philostratus, "Period of Apollonius", Conybeare
"The Bible", RSV and others
Bernard, Dr. Raymond, "Apollonius the Nazarene", Vigor Rummage
"Apollonius of Tyana," www.livius.org/ap-ark/apollonius/apollonius01.html
Waite, Charles, "Account of the Christian Religion to the Rendezvous Two Hundred"Smith, William, "Apollonius Tyanaeus, A Lexicon of Greek and Roman Biography and Myths", www.apollonius.net/tyanaeus.html
"Is Apollonius of Tyana - Paul of Tarsus?"
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