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词条 Serpent seed
释义

  1. History

  2. Daniel Parker

  3. William Branham

  4. Arnold Murray

  5. Christian Identity movement

  6. See also

  7. References

For the Christian concept of the "seed of the serpent" see Seed of the Woman

Serpent seed, dual seed or two-seedline is a controversial religious belief which explains the biblical account of the fall of man by saying that the serpent in the Garden of Eden mated with Eve, and that the offspring of their union was Cain. It appears in early Gnostic writings such as the Gospel of Philip (c. 350). The teaching was explicitly rejected as heresy by Irenaeus[1] (c. 180), one of the early church fathers, and later by mainstream Christian theologians. According to The Celtic Church In Britain, by Leslie Hardinge, the early Celtic church taught the belief in the seduction of Eve by the serpent.{{fact|date=March 2019}}

Notable proponents of the serpent-seed doctrine have included Daniel Parker (1781–1844),[2] William M. Branham (1909–1965),[3]{{rp|98}} and Arnold Murray (1929–2014). This belief is also held by some adherents of the white supremacist theology known as Christian Identity, who claim that the Jews are descended from the serpent.[4][5] It is considered heresy by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and by most Protestants.[6] The Unification Church teaches that Eve committed adultery with the devil, but does not teach the serpent-seed doctrine. A section of the Mormon Fundamentalist group Church of the Firstborn (LeBaron order) led by author and publisher Fred Collier out of Hanna, Utah adhere to a form of "two Seedline" doctrine.[6]

History

The idea that Eve mated with the serpent, or with Satan, to produce Cain, finds its earliest expression in Gnostic writings (e.g., the Gospel of Philip). It was rejected by mainstream Christian theologians such as Irenaeus.[1] The idea appears in a 9th-century book called Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer.[7] In his book Cain: Son of the Serpent, David Max Eichhorn traces the idea back to early Jewish Midrashic texts and identifies many rabbis who taught that Cain was the son of the union between the serpent and Eve.[7]

Daniel Parker

Daniel Parker (1781–1844) was an early American leader in the Primitive Baptist Church in the Southern United States and the founder of numerous churches. As an elder, Parker led a group who separated from that church and formed the Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists.[8]

William Branham

William M. Branham (1909-1965) taught that Eve and the serpent had sexual intercourse and that Cain's birth was the result.[3]{{rp|98}} Consequently, every woman potentially carried the literal seed of the devil.[3]{{rp|111}} Cain's descendants were today masquerading as the educated and the scientists,[3]{{rp|113}} who were "a big religious bunch of illegitimate bastard children."[3]{{rp|125}} The serpent was the "missing link" between the chimpanzee and man.[3]{{rp|124}}

The central sins of modern culture - immoral women and education - were a result of the serpent's seed. Branham's attitude toward culture was an extremist perspective of "Christ against Culture". Education was Satan's snare for intellectual Christians who rejected the supernatural. Education was Satan's tool for obscuring the "simplicity" of the messenger and his message (i.e. William Branham and his message).[3]{{rp|114}}

Arnold Murray

Arnold Murray (1929–2014), founder of The Shepherd's Chapel, taught the serpent seed doctrine. He accepted the belief that the Jews (Kingdom of Judah) were descended from Adam through Seth, as described in the Bible. However, his view was that the Kenites were the offspring of Cain, and that they infiltrated the northern kingdom of Israel.[9] Murray's teachings are disputed by Protestant apologetics ministries CARM and CRI.[10][11]

Christian Identity movement

Adherents of the white supremacist theology known as Two-Seedline Christian Identity hold the view that only white people are descendants of Adam and hence the chosen people of God. The Jewish people are believed to be descendants of Cain and thus of Satan. This belief was developed by Wesley A. Swift (Church of Jesus Christ–Christian), Conrad Gaard, Dan Gayman[12][13] (Church of Israel) and William Potter Gale among others.[14] The opposing faction is called One-Seedline Christian Identity and its adherents hold the view that all people are descended from Adam, but they believe that only Aryans (meaning Northern Europeans) are truly God's chosen people.[4][5][15][16]

See also

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  • Lilith (sometimes believed to be Adam's first wife)
  • Ophites
  • Polygenism
  • Pre-Adamite
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References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.ii.xxxi.html |title=ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus - Christian Classics Ethereal Library |publisher=Ccel.org |date=2005-07-13 |accessdate=2014-07-15}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://primitivebaptist.info/mambo//content/view/843/36/ |title=Primitive Baptists |publisher=Primitivebaptist.info |date= |accessdate=2014-07-15}}
3. ^{{cite book | ref = harv | last = Weaver | first = C. Douglas |title=The Healer-Prophet: William Marrion Branham (A study of the Prophetic in American Pentecostalism) |publisher=Mercer University Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-0865547100}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Borgeson|first=Kevin|author2=Valeri, Robin|title=Terrorism in America|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|year=2008|pages=52–55|chapter=3: Christian Identity|isbn=0-7637-5524-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuCGVxJGPs0C&pg=PA53|accessdate=2009-02-20}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Gus|title=Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues|publisher=SAGE|year=2006|edition=2, illustrated|pages=453–454|isbn=1-4129-2722-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdXpn6NH2GcC&pg=PA453|accessdate=2009-02-20}}
6. ^https://www.scribd.com/document/133973027/Sunstone-Fred-Aug2011-Collier12July11
7. ^{{cite book|isbn=0-940646-19-6|title= Cain: Son of the Serpent|authorlink=Eichhorn, D.|year=1985|publisher=Rossel Books}}
8. ^Interpreting the Scriptures-The “Two Seed” Heresy
9. ^The Shepherd's Chapel Answers Page {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216160255/http://www.shepherdschapel.com/critics.htm |date=2010-02-16 }}. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
10. ^Matt Slick, The serpent seed and the Kenites, criticizing the teaching of Arnold Murray and the Shepherd's Chapel. Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
11. ^Arnold Murray and the Shepherd's Chapel, criticisms by the Christian Research Institute. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
12. ^{{cite web|title=Extremism in America: Dan Gayman|url=http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/gayman.asp?xpicked=2&item=gayman|publisher=Anti-Defamation League|accessdate=16 August 2012|year=2005|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929194615/http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/gayman.asp?xpicked=2&item=gayman|archivedate=29 September 2012|df=}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=Christian Identity|url=http://www.watchman.org/profile/identitypro.htm|publisher=Watchman Fellowship|accessdate=16 August 2012}}
14. ^{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=James R.|author2=Jesper Aagaard Petersen|title=Controversial New Religions|publisher=Oxford University Press US|year=2005|edition=illustrated|pages=394–395|isbn=0-19-515682-X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0TfqG3XNmEC&pg=PA394|accessdate=2009-02-20}}
15. ^{{cite book|last=Dobratz|first=Betty A.|author2=Shanks-Meile, Stephanie L.|title=The White Separatist Movement in the United States|publisher=JHU Press|year=2000|edition=illustrated|page=134|isbn=0-8018-6537-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r59bGyH4lOAC&pg=PA134|accessdate=2009-02-20}}
16. ^{{cite book|last=Barkun|first=Michael|title=A Culture of Conspiracy|publisher=University of California Press|year=2006|edition=illustrated|page=124|isbn=0-520-24812-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiwjVsNBw-cC&pg=PA124|accessdate=2009-02-20}}
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