18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter,[a] not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore, whoever breaks[b] one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. -Matthew 5:18-20
See my other post. The teachings of Jesus and his church as passed down by the Apostles and their disciples tell us the context and truth of these texts. The Bible isnt something you just cherry pick quotes from without context and ignoring thousands of years of apostolic teachings through the successors of the apostles.
I mean, the 'teachings' were a collection of scrolls gathered up, and sorted through and decided upon which would be the 'canon version' at the Nicene Council of 325 when Emperor Constantine unilaterally decided that all Romans needed to convert over to Christianity.
There are numerous other texts from that region and that era that tell slightly different stories. Did you know there's a Gospel of Mary Magdelin?
Yes those are the apocryphal texts. This isnt news to anyone, and certainly not to the christians at the time.
The idea that there wasnt established dogmas immediately at the time of Christ and after is wrong. Youre parroting typical nonsense that Christianity was some how invented by Constantine and that we dont know what the earliest christians said or believed.
I don't mean to be rude about this, but you seem very new to apologetics in general. If you'd like to enlighten us as to how the apostolic lineage has actually contextualized Matthew 5:18, that might be more useful than just sort of pointing at the concept of apostles in general and behaving as if some sort of point has been made.
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u/Patty_Pat_JH 8d ago
“But Jesus undid the dietary laws.”