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18 Cards in this Set
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2 ways to look at Jesus
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Christ of faith; Historical Jesus; 68 BCE-30 CE
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Christ of Faith
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Faith of church; incarnation- God became human; demonstrate God's great love of man
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Historical Jesus
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simply a scholarly view of Jesus; paint a portrait of him based on evidence, not belief
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Christology
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Jesus is God; in person of Jesus; fully human, fully God, one personality
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Trinity
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One supreme God exists in 3 persons; creator, redeemer, sanctifier
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Criteria of Authenticity
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scholars; something in Bible in reference to Jesus has a possibility of being said by Jesus
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Major Themes in historical Jesus' message
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1. Kingdom of God/Heaven yet to come and its worldwide encompassing
2. Teachings about God as loving father and righteous judge 3. Ethical responsibility; God's will first priority 4. Emphasis on love 5. Sense of own self; understanded huge role in history, although he may not have seen himself as messiah |
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Earliest Christian Communities
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30-100 CE; believed in Jesus resurrection; Christ died for general atonement
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general atonement
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Christ died for everyone
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particular atonement
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died for certain people who followed the religion
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parousia
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Christ will appear again and return to earth, bringing kingdom of God to earth
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from Jewish sect to Gentile religion
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30-500; becomes predominantly Gentile; Paul the apostle; don't have to be Jewish to become Christian (justification by faith)
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Saul of Tarsus
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Paul the apostle; very important great leader in early church; converted
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Persecuted sect to state religion
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Blasphemed God and Moses; canobals; talked about love (orgies); wouldn't serve military
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Decius
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First emporer to want to kill Christianity; 250
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Constantine
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emporer who converts to Christianity at a time when if an emporer practices a religion it becomes favored religion; 315; official state religion of rome 383
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Incarnation
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one supreme God became human in the form of Jesus Christ
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3 Christian Doctrines
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Incarnation, Christology, Trinity
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