Lillie, Arthur

Arthur Lillie (1831-1900) was a soldier in the British Army in India. While there, he became a Buddhist. His books on religion were poorly received at the time. Arthur Lillie also took an enthusiastic interest in Gospel of the Hebrews. In Buddhism in Christendom Or Jesus the Essene he wrote At any rate the account of the last supper in the Gospel of the Hebrews was manifestly quite different from the accounts given in our present gospels. There we see nothing about James drinking out of Christ's cup, a fact which proves that the contents of the cup must have been water, for St. James was bound...