A Search for Original Christianity Author:Charles Stewart Some years ago I decided to find out what people meant when they spoke of Original Christianity, and this book exhibits my findings and conclusions. I believe that the term Original Christianity should comprise only that which evolved and was recorded in the Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and those Church deselected Nag Hammadi codices soon ... more »after Jesus’ life on earth. From Paul to present-day evangelists, Jesus’ innovations have been subjected to empirical distortions. Therefore, instead of Original Christianity, I would identify his life and work as Existential Judaism. Jesus’ novel approach was to extract selections of Scripture he termed, “The Weightier Portions,” interpret them with Oral Torah and thus, introduce a reformation and a new way of living in the present.« less