Buddhism's Relation to Christianity: A Review by D.M. Murdock by D.M. Murdock & Acharya S & Michael Lockwood

Author:D.M. Murdock & Acharya S & Michael Lockwood [Murdock, D.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL108020 RELIGION / Christian Church / History
Publisher: Stellar House Publishing
Published: 2012-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

Angels and Saints

Lockwood (101) further states that by the first to second centuries BCE the Buddhist supernatural hierarchy of the godman above the devas or “angels” and bodhisattvas or “saints” was already being formulated, such that this structure takes priority over and likely influenced the Christian supernatural hierarchy of Christ above the angels and saints.

In this section (102), Lockwood also provides a useful compilation of the earliest extant imagery depicting the Buddha, from the Swat area (100-50 BCE) to the Gandharan (2nd-3rd cents. AD/CE). Here we can see that the tradition was begun well before Christ’s purported advent, continuing to the time of the Christian effort, reflecting precedent and likely influence from Buddhism upon Christianity.

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