Ch1 2 (Part 2)

Front 1

Where did the church gather in the 1stC? (2)

Back 1

1.Synagogues

2. Homes (as Judaism and Christianity divide)

Front 2

Why did the church in the 1stC gather in homes? (3)

Back 2

1. Necessity - still not legally recognized

2. Pragmatism - buildings are expensive

3. Helped promote true Christian fellowship/intimacy

Front 3

When did the 1stC church meet? (3)

Back 3

1. Sundays - Lord's day - Jesus rose

2. Informally gathering throughout the week

3. Intimately involved in each other's lives

Front 4

What did the 1stC church do when they met? (7)

Back 4

1. Scripture reading

2. singing

3. corporate prayer

4. Teaching/preaching

5. Observe baptism/Lord's supper

6. Simplistic/Minimalistic

7. Emphasis on community

Front 5

Where did the 2ndC church meet? (2)

Back 5

1. Homes (still pragmatic and necessary

2. Slowly see special buildings for corporate gathered worship

Front 6

What did the 2ndC church do when they met? (3)

Back 6

1. Very similar to 1st century, except:

2. More formal liturgy - prescribed order of readings

3. Creeds formed and used

Front 7

Whose writings give us an early picture of the 2ndC church?

Back 7

Justin Martyr

Front 8

Baptism in 1stC (5)

Back 8

1. Membership: initiated recipient into local church

2. Immediately after profession of faith

3. followed pattern of Acts

4. Only professing followers were baptized

5. via Immersion

Front 9

Baptism in the 2ndC (Membership & theology) (3)

Back 9

1. Entry into local body of believers

2. Some began to think/teach of it being more than just memberships - washing away of original sin

3. Baptismal regeneration

Front 10

Baptism in the 2ndC (Mode and method) (6)

Back 10

1. On basis of profession of faith

2. Evidence of baptizing infants

3. Timing - catechesis

4. Confession of faith and right belief were important

5. Frequently: once per year usually at Easter

6. Started using baptismal pools

Front 11

Catechesis (4)

Back 11

1. Catechumenates: those wanting to be baptized

2. Probation membership - excluded f/ Lord's supper

3. 1 to 3 years for examination

4. Rise of the importance of theology

Front 12

Lord's supper in the 1stC (When) (1)

Back 12

1. Based on Passover meal taken weekly

Front 13

Lord's supper in 1stC (Who) (3)

Back 13

1. Only baptized believers in good standing;

2. exclusive, spoke to unifying nature of the supper;

3. committed to seeing sanctification realized in their lives through the local church

Front 14

Lord's Supper in 1stC (How?) (3)

Back 14

1. Potluck

2. Large corporate meal at conclusion of worship on Lord's day

3. Special time of remembrance during the meal together

Front 15

Lord's supper in 2ndC (When) (4)

Back 15

1. Weekly;

2. slowly separate from fellowship meal;

3. took more consecrated/reverent feel (along w/intro of liturgy)

4. End of formal worship service but prior to fellowship meal

Front 16

Lord's supper in 2ndC (Who?) 2)

Back 16

1. relates change in baptismal practices

2. Only those will full membership

Front 17

Lord's supper in 2ndC (How?) (3)

Back 17

1. Shift in prominence for supper; central part of worship

2. Climactic feel

3. Begin to call Eucharist (thanksgiving)

Front 18

What of the presence of Jesus? (2)

Back 18

1. Initially very little thought; assumed Jesus was there

2. 2ndC - Theologians began believing Jesus was physically present in the elements - not transubstantiation