Concepts of Christianity
Early Christianity is an important part of History, it allows us to get an inside look at ways they determined what was right within their religion, heresy they had to review and dispute, and their overall concern with the doctrine, which together, made up Christianity at that time. Religion today is much more refined, Christians participate in church, reading scripture in their spare time, as well as teaching to non-believers. It is easy to be a Christian in todays time as we do not have the same time of issues as those during the time of early Christianity when there were so many contradictory sources.
Many Christians had difficulty determining which beliefs and scriptures were "right" because some things written …show more content…
"Since then it is granted to the Hebrews and to them that are called from the Gentiles to believe the teachers of truth, while it is left to the personal decision of each individual of whether he will perform good deeds, the reward rightly falls on those who do well." (Homilies of Clement) The passage from Homilies of Clement gives a clear knowledge that it is up to the individual to perform good deeds, but never goes on to state what would be considered a good deed according to early Christianity and their beliefs. It has to be pointed out that during the time of Early Christianity there were followers who had experienced different things with Jesus and at different times, they had to come together to write their experiences into Scripture so that could have caused confusion within the Christian community. When it comes to determining the "right belief" there is …show more content…
The doctrine was first established as only four gospels, which would later cause confusion, as those gospels do not address Jesus as one that is divine and not human. There are also other religions who dispute the doctrine and beliefs of early Christians. "The Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes those who say that there was a time when the Son of God was not, and that he was not before he was begotten, and that he was made from that which did not exist." (The Creed of Nicaea) This passage in particular goes against everything taught in Early Christianity, that brought concerns unto Christians during this time because their doctrine was being questioned by beliefs such as
Early Christianity is an important part of History, it allows us to get an inside look at ways they determined what was right within their religion, heresy they had to review and dispute, and their overall concern with the doctrine, which together, made up Christianity at that time. Religion today is much more refined, Christians participate in church, reading scripture in their spare time, as well as teaching to non-believers. It is easy to be a Christian in todays time as we do not have the same time of issues as those during the time of early Christianity when there were so many contradictory sources.
Many Christians had difficulty determining which beliefs and scriptures were "right" because some things written …show more content…
"Since then it is granted to the Hebrews and to them that are called from the Gentiles to believe the teachers of truth, while it is left to the personal decision of each individual of whether he will perform good deeds, the reward rightly falls on those who do well." (Homilies of Clement) The passage from Homilies of Clement gives a clear knowledge that it is up to the individual to perform good deeds, but never goes on to state what would be considered a good deed according to early Christianity and their beliefs. It has to be pointed out that during the time of Early Christianity there were followers who had experienced different things with Jesus and at different times, they had to come together to write their experiences into Scripture so that could have caused confusion within the Christian community. When it comes to determining the "right belief" there is …show more content…
The doctrine was first established as only four gospels, which would later cause confusion, as those gospels do not address Jesus as one that is divine and not human. There are also other religions who dispute the doctrine and beliefs of early Christians. "The Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes those who say that there was a time when the Son of God was not, and that he was not before he was begotten, and that he was made from that which did not exist." (The Creed of Nicaea) This passage in particular goes against everything taught in Early Christianity, that brought concerns unto Christians during this time because their doctrine was being questioned by beliefs such as