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christian- the religions of the wotld in the first century ce
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mo official religion. the predominate religious beliefs were based on the greek and roman gods. judaism was in the process of development
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the non- christian life evidince for jesus' life
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accounts are vague and were not written until end of first century. some are not sure that what we know of him comes only through christina stories. there is limited 1stc material.
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the gospel accounts about his ministry
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length of time unknown. some say one year, some say 3. synoptic say in galilee, john says around jerusalem. teacher and healer. taught in parrables. echatological teachings concerned with human values and oppression, miracle worker
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afer death the major rvents in the development of the jerusalem church as recorded in the book of acts
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there were two leaders...simon peter and james, the half brothers of jesus. seven were chosen to serve in the distrbution of charity
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paul's life and why he is sometimes called "the second founder of chrisitanity
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first to systemize church beliefs. member of the pharisees. once actively in the persecution of jesus. preached in synogogues then to gentiles. converted on the road to damascus. first to convert gentiles without becoming jewish first. 3 missionary jouneys. returned to jerusalem and was arrested by romans.prison in carsarea during the reign of nero.
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the worship of the early church
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modeled after worship in the synogogue. until 10 ce when jersalem church was destroyed, worship was in temples and may have still had animal sacrifices. prayers, scripture reading, hymns and simple sermons were given
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worship in the early church included what?
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baptism- cleansing of "original sin" or "washing away of sin". the eucharist was a celebratory occasion used in thanksgiving
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earliest writings in the new testament were from what epistles
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paul 50-60ce. after 70ce the writer of mark wrote the first gospel account
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who followed?
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mathew and luke followed after reading a copy of mark
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the only gospel's that tell the story of jesus' birth
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mark
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the most disimilar gospel, was written 90ce from another community. athanasius puts writings together as 27 books of christian NT. who wrote these?
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john
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a belief that contradicts the popular or common belief
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heresy
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a divine spark with humans. it is immortal and comes from an unknown god. salavation is knowledge- gnosis. God is all spirit. worldly flesh was created by a lesser god. jesus only appeared to be human
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gnosticism
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140ce shared gnostic teachings. two gods. a world of justice that created the world,and a good god who wsa the father of jesus. jesus came to save the children from the god of justice. marcion taught that this was the gos of the OT
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marcionism
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second century. taught that the holy spirit roamed and showed itself in speaking in tongues and in prophecy. taught end of the world when christ will come again. very charismatic
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montanism
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early growth of the church of rome
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jerusalem controlled the church of rome until about 70ce when it moved to antioch and then elexandria. then caesarea and rome. bishops in charge of each city. bishop of rome most important and later became the apacy. constantine moved politaical power from rome to constininopole, leaving polical voids to be filled by church leaders.
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a 3rdc development involving retreat from urban areas to include celibacy, fasting, giving up worldly possessions. began in egypt. the ascentic life, simple, hard labor and study were important. jerome translated the bible into latin as a result of the movements (called the vulgate)
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monasticism
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differences in eastern religions versus western religions
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argued over theological issues. argued over divine nature of christ patriarchs refused to accept the authority of th western pope. used icons, baptized infants in immersion, used bread and wine in eucharist, mariage was permitted among preists and used greek in services.
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differences in western religions versus eastern christianity
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more practical and concerned with survival in a decaying culture. west more concerned with humanity. western pope. west usedstatues, sprinkling of water for baptism, only bread for eucharist, celibacy among preist and use of latin in services
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influenced by aristotle. died in 1274. interested in faith and reason. dominican monk. attempted to christianize aristotle. used reason to srgue the existence of god and divine revelation. his most famous work "summa theologiae" became the basis of theological systemization in the roman catholic church
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thomas aquinas and why he is significant to the study of christianity
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1517ce destroyed unified hold on europe. challenged th authority of the church. john wycliff translated the latin vulagate to english. john hus was against the papacy's selling of indulgences. savonarola, in florence, italy believed that people were being punished by God for immoral behavior
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the movement called "the reformation"
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the events in the life of martin luther that ;ed to the reformation ans his contributions to his reform movement
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ninety-five thessis. start of protostant revolution. wittenburg germany. called for moral reform. against tetzel's selling of indulgences. anyone could interpret scripture, not just the popes. against transbutation. translated the bible into german. organized reformed church of germany. removed anything in the churhc that was not found in scripture. wrote hymns. encouraged marriage of preists and nuns. anti-jewish writings. encouraged the murder of peasants
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urich zwingli and his understanding og communion
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matin luther believe that the eloementsof the communion service were to be seen literally as teh body and blood of christ. zwingli on the other hand, believed the bread and wine were a sybol for the rememberance of christ body and blood
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john calvin and his significance to the movement laer referred to as the protestant reformation
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return to christianity befoe the church corrupted it. followed the teachings of augustine. set up protestant theology. leader in geneva and started a university threre. under his rule, protestants lived under great oppression. he wrote "the institutes of the christian religion"
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the seven sacraments reaffirmed at the council of trent
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baptism, confimation, penance, eucharist, marriage, holy orders
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the motivating factors that resulted in the birth of the church of england
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resulted froma desire to seperate from control by the roamn church and political independence. king of onglan, henryvlll story...catherine, no childre, anulment refused, married anne boleyn and started the church of englans
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the anabaptists and how they were different from other reformation movenments
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"those who are baptized a second time" radical group. discard anythign not found in the NT. rejected infant baptism,since it was not in the NT. saw technology of modern world as evil. amish and mennonites in US today. they were rejecting anythign not found in the NT
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work of the second vatican. pope Johnxxlll
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wanted to bring church up to date. jews were not responbible for death of jesus. non-catholics are christians
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