Was Basilides's claim about crucifixion ever refuted?
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From Wikipedia :
> Basilides is reported as having taught a docetic doctrine of Christ's
> passion . Although Irenaeus’s makes no mention of Basilides having
> written a gospel, he does record him as teaching that Christ in Jesus,
> as a wholly divine being, could not suffer bodily pain and did not die
> on the cross; but that the person crucified was, in fact, Simon of Cyrene :
>> He appeared on earth as a man and performed miracles. Thus he himself
>> did not suffer. Rather, a certain Simon of Cyrene was compelled to
>> carry his cross for him. It was he who was ignorantly and erroneously
>> crucified, being transfigured by him, so that he might be thought to
>> be Jesus. Moreover, Jesus assumed the form of Simon, and stood by
>> laughing at them.
Has anyone ever refuted this claim made by Basilides, that Simon of Cyrene has died on the cross instead of Jesus?
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Dec 18, 2024, 04:37 PM
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