Some malign Christianity as the white man’s religion, but in reality:
- Ethiopia is the second oldest Christian nation, which became Christian around 30 years after the 1st Christian nation (Armenia), with its origins going back to the Ethiopian eunuch mentioned in the Bible in Acts 8:27.
- The infamous “slave Bibles” in America had numerous passages, as well as the whole book of Exodus about the Jewish people of God coming out of terrible oppression, genocide, & slavery, selectively removed from them.
- Some of the top early church fathers after the apostolic age were not white. I asked Chat GPT, “who are the top 4 greatest early church fathers after the apostolic age?” 3 of the 4 weren’t white. When I asked about their race, it responded:
Church Father
Origin
Best modern Approximation
Athanasius of Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt
North African / Egyptian, Greek-speaking; possibly ethnically Egyptian/Coptic or mixed Alexandrian background. Not “sub-Saharan African” in the usual modern U.S. sense.
Augustine of Hippo
Thagaste and Hippo, Roman North Africa, modern Algeria
North African / Berber-Roman / Latin-speaking African. Usually not considered “Black African” in the modern U.S. sense, though he was definitely African geographically.
Irenaeus of Lyons
Probably Smyrna in Asia Minor, modern Turkey; later bishop in Gaul
Greek / Anatolian / eastern Mediterranean.
Origen of Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt
North African / Egyptian-Alexandrian, Greek-speaking; likely Egyptian or mixed Greco-Egyptian background.