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49 Cards in this Set
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Parousia (2 meanings) |
the second coming of Christ, "presence" |
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Johannine Letters |
1,2, and 3 John written by John the Elder w/ similarities to the Gospel of John |
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Agape love meaning |
brotherly love; "love feasts" |
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Outline of 1 John |
prologue: experiencing the word of life; walking in darkness, walking in light; on another; not loving the world; insiders and outsiders; criteria for judging false prophets; victorious faith; exhortation and closing |
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Jude |
apostolic letter by Jude the half brother of Jesus |
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Amanuensis |
latin for "secretary"; someone who takes dictation or copies manuscript |
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Apostles |
the 12 disciples of Jesus |
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Apocryphal writing found in Jude |
quotes sacred books that are not part of the Bible |
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Domitian |
Roman emperor when book of Revelation was written |
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Flavians |
Roman Imperial Dynasty- ruled Roman Empire AD 69-AD 96 |
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Titus (significance) |
Visits Pauline churches as "trouble shooter"; "partner and coworker"
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Isle of Patmos |
small island in the Aegean sea mentioned in Revelation |
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Seven Churches of Revelation |
Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea |
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Positive Old Testament examples out of II Peter |
Noah and Lot |
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death |
separation physically- from body spiritually- from God |
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Hades |
place of departed souls |
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Jude the half brother of |
Jesus |
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Septuagint |
Greek translation of the Old Testament (Hebrew) Septuagint = 70 |
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Apocrypha |
books of the old testament whose status as scripture is disputed |
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The book of Revelation can be said to focus on three words: |
Worship, Judgement, Victory |
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three schools of Greek philosophy |
Epicureanism, stoicism, cynics |
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Epicureanism |
free will tranquility |
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stoicism |
virtue is highest |
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cynics |
radical authenticity |
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the Church centered its teaching in which type of setting? |
Urban |
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"Lamb of God" |
name for Jesus, living sacrifice |
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In which book of the NT are visions prevelant |
Revelation |
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Pseudepigraphical |
Writings attributed falsely to biblical writers |
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James (who was he) |
Jesus' half brother who wrote the book of James which focused on the conduct and |
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examples of jewish wisdom literature |
the book of James; demonstrate what you believe by how you live |
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rich and poor (who are they and why are they addressed?) |
demonstrate against rich as poor; God blesses the poor; God's people must bless and care for the poor
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faith and works (noted in which book? definition) |
Noted in James; demonstrate what you believe by how you live |
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salutation |
a formal greeting containing thanksgiving that Paul started all his letters with |
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Peter |
Writer of 1 and 2 Peter that focused on suffering with Christ and warning against false prophets |
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Dispersion (Diaspora) |
Jews living outside Palestine dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel |
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The "fiery ordeal" will refine their ... |
faith |
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Hellenistic |
period when ancient greek culture flourished and spread into Asia |
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Assumes ________ of Paul's _________ |
knowledge; letters |
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purpose of II peter |
to warn against false teachers |
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characterization of the false teachers (9 of them) |
members of the community gone astray, seek profit, use flattery, morally lax, lure people into licentious behavior, scoff at Christ's parousia, idiosyncratic interpretations of scripture, influenced by early gnosticism, influenced by epicureanism |
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homily |
religious discourse for spiritual edification; sermon |
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apocalyptic |
type of biblical literature which describes or prophesies the end of the physical world |
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little apocalypse |
biblical passage in the synoptic gospels which uses apocalyptic language and includes Jesus' warning of tribulation |
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6 themes of mark 13 |
destruction of a temple foretold persecution foretold the desolating sacrilege the coming of the "son of man" the lesson of the fig tree the necessity of watchfulness |
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Roman Empire |
ancient extensive political and social structure reaching from Asia to Europe to Africa |
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Gnostics |
heretical movement in the church; world created by a lesser divinity; christ is an emissary |
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What are the 3 ways we can read the book of revelation? |
Historical, idealist, futuristic |
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12 tribes of the JEWISH diaspora |
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, joseph, benjamin |
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"Pure religion" to James means... |
looking after orphans & widows, keeping from being polluted by the world |
