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Sadducees
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recognize only the Torah; set into power after Maccabean revolt; control the Temple; conservative theologically
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Pharisees
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recognize oral law: school of thought: recognize the Bible; not Priests, but convinced that there was something that made followers of Yahweh distinct; LAW- gift to people of Israel
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Zealots
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only Yahweh should run Israel; big on revolt
by the end of the 1st century, Pharisees run |
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Qumran
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truly Holy community of Essenes
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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written by Essenes; collection of 900 documents, including texts from Hebrew Bible
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messiah
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anointed one
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Plato
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Greek philosopher
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Philo
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writer who depicted Moses as savior; The WORD- LOGOS
saving mediator between God and Humanity; cosmic figure |
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Pythagoras
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vs jesus; thought to be "savior"; Greek philosopher; thought numbers were the essence of all natural things; religious reformer
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incarnation
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living being embodied a deity or spirit;
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parousia
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presence of anything of the idea after which it was formed; return of Jesus (2nd coming)
I Thessalonians |
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Gentiles
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any people not Jewish
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Jewish Diaspora
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exile of Israelites from Israel Jordan and parts of lebanon; most no longer speak Hebrew
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Christology
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Jesus was on earth and Jesus will return; concerned with the nature and person of JC
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gnosis
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knowledge or wisdom
nearly all contrasted the soul, which is true self and which endures through many lifetimes with the body |
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solidarity-
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integration and degree of christology show by society or group with people and neighbors
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apocalypticism
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world ends soon
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eschatology
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concerned with the final events of history
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Paul
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apostle-- 13 epistles/letters in NT
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1st Adam
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brought sin to the world; fall of man
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2nd Adam
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Jesus--I Cor 15:45 became sin himself; caused life to reign because of death burial and resurrection
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Gnosticism
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diverse, syncretestic religious movements in antiquity consisting of various belief systems generally united in the teaching that the material Cosmos was created by an imperfect god; not big on crucifixion or resurrection
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Nag Hammadi
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1940 christians who hate gnosti christians
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docetism
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Jesus' physical body was an illusion as was his crucifixion- really incorporeal, pure, spirit, and could not physically die
"seems to be" |
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antinomian
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faith alone, is necessary for religious salvation; get rid of the hold the body has on you
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ascetical
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cut off from materialistic things of the world
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rule of faith
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rooted in Paul's admonition to Christians in Rome in Epistle; think, believe, do
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charisma
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"gift" of/from/favored by God/the divine
personalities characterized by charm and magnetism |
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heirarchy
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arrangement of items represented within the power structure
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apostolic successtion
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doctrine which asserts that chosen successors of 12 Apostles have inherited spiritual, ecclesiastical, and sacramental authority, power, and responsibility
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canon
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list of books considered to be authoritative as scripture
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Montanus
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early Christian movement founder; return to fervor of early Christianity; important church leader in mid 2nd century
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Marcion
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charisma; spontaneous, prophecy; revived belief in an imminent parousia; new testament vision; 2 distinct deities between NT; FORMS OWN CANON; forced people to look at a CANON
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martyr
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suffers persecution/death for people, country, religion; witness to Jesus
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God as male/female
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people believe that God has two sides; male and female; Genesis- God created man in God's image, male AND female He created them
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gnostic secret
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only know if divine redeemer tells you; kingdom is spiritual realm where you dwell in freedom; once you find "the light" you don't need Jesus anymore
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docetic savior
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using someone else's body
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