{"product_id":"scripture-wars-rod-bennett-9781644130308","title":"Scripture Wars: How Justin Martyr Rescued the Old Testament for Christians","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout a century after Jesus died, a battle began for the Old Testament. Large numbers of faithful Christians fought about its contents and even about its right to be called a Christian book!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn one side, many Jewish converts charged Paul and most of the other Apostles with a \"Great Apostasy,\" a pulling away from the deep roots of their Jewish tradition. This, they argued, endangered the souls of believers everywhere. They sought to retain intact the strict practices and teachings of the Old Testament and to integrate more of them into the still new and developing Christian Faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other side, Marcionite Christians held such antipathy toward the Old Testament that they advocated leaving it behind entirely. They even sought to purge from the New Testament practices and notions they judged too friendly to Jewish ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe outcome of this conflict would affect nearly every aspect of the new Christian Faith -- and the daily lives of believers everywhere, for centuries to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho won these crucial, climactic Scripture Wars?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod did, of course, but not without raising up a great saint whose keen mind and deep faith expelled from Christianity both false understandings of how the gentle, loving God of the New Testament relates to the often-stern God of the Old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat saint was Justin of Neapolis, known today as St. Justin Martyr. These pages tell the surprisingly exciting tale of Justin's encounters with these vigorous early heresies that threatened to paralyze the young Church just as she was struggling to her feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScripture Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring, true-life testimony to our Father's providence, a tale that has the power to strengthen the faith of Catholics even today, eighteen centuries later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rod Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644130300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644130308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophia Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Rod Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984829087999,"sku":"9781644130308","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc20ef94-1e7d-48f2-9c01-6f47d39c8e39.jpg?v=1683274378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scripture-wars-rod-bennett-9781644130308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}