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Contrary to the teachings of the modern church, in the first few centuries of Christianity there was no unified view of who Jesus was or why he mattered. Instead, there were many different messianic figures. One Christ had a twin brother and traveled to India; another communicated with dragons. Yet another, particularly frightening Christ, disrespected his parents and killed those who opposed him. In addition, in the early years of the first millennium there were many other saviors of humanity, many sons of gods who healed the sick and raised the weak.
However, as Christianity spread, these figures were deemed unacceptable, even heretical, and disappeared from view. The book “Heresy” invites readers to explore the different versions of Christ that existed among early Christians and the process of evolution and elimination of “extra” figures, through which Jesus became the only central figure of Christianity as we know it today.