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| earliest Roman jurists, exercising a powerful influence in private and criminal law; head of college called pontifex maximus, chaged w/ preservation and interpretation of religious traditions, calendar and rules of sacrifice |
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| Suppression of Bacchanalia |
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| Senate surpressed Bacchic for fear that the groth of secret organization, especially among the lower classes, might harbor revolutionary movements. Dealt with as a conspiracy against the state, used police |
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| malleable highly open presentation, not exclusive, which contributed to social conformity; roman religions confom to ancestral traditions; warlike deity |
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| Pliny = roman governor who was confused by the Christians obstinacy. He tells emperor Trajan that he frequently gives Christians the chance to denounce their faith and be let go |
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| In an imperial era when close-knit city-states no longer serve as a focuse for individual loyalties salvation appealed to the popular masses by providing a sense of purpose and the promise of a glorious future. Trade helped spreed religion |
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| accurate interpreters of law 70-90 CE rival of the Sadducees, Pharisees believed in the Torah, seriouse factionalism within Judaism - destruction of 2nd temple in 70 ce |
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| insisted on literal interpretation of Torah, rejected Torah, dissapeared after temple destroyed |
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| communal Jewish group, looked for arrival of a savior, similar (core beliefs) to Christians |
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| early Jewish Sect believed in Torah, not in accord with Christians believed in virgin birth of Miriam |
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| mathew mark luke from Q source, similar styles and themes about kingdom of heaven and god |
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| reflects more of Greek influence not Q source |
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| Theological Agenda of Matthew |
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| directly aimed at Pharisees, its main adversary; emphasized traditional Jewish lineage of Jesus, Jesus to interpret laws of god |
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| New ethical approach to laws of Moses, inner cultivation of faith, escalating moral quotient. Sin of the mind already a sin |
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| Ethical reinterpretation of the laws |
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| Jew = nation Christians = Sect (based on size?) |
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