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| Four Aspects of Jesus' Life (2) |
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Teaching - disciples
- Jesus was not a formal rabbi.
-He said he head not come to abolish the law and the prophets.
-Salvation |
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to be restored, made whole.
-afterlife is a secondary emphasis
-bridges gap between humans and God.
-Repentance |
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| to change direction (like a rebel laying down his sword and going to the other way). |
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| love prevails and is the most important commandment. (Love God, love others) |
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| God making the effort to reconcile people to himself. |
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| Four Aspects of Jesus' Life (3) |
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Death
-Approximately 1/4 of Gospels devoted to this aspect.
-Sacrifice is necessary for sin.
-Jesus was the sacrifice, or the Substitutionary Atonement |
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| Substitutionary Atonement |
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| You're guilty and you deserve death, but someone can step in and take the punishment for you (Jesus for mankind). |
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| Four Aspects of Jesus' Life (4) |
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Resurrection
-Physically raised from the dead on the first day of the week.
-Validation of the first three aspects.
-Alive on Earth of 40 days.
-The Ascension |
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-Promise to return
-Command to make disciples-evangelism |
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| There were no church buildings or church hierarchy. |
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| someone who is sent out with a message. |
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-Jewish Prosecutor of Christians.
-Has a vision of Jesus - "Road to Damascus Experience."
-Becomes a Christian apostle.
-Known as "Paul," authored majority of New Testament. |
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| Christianity spread to India, Central Africa and Central Europe. |
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| In 70 C.E. the Roman Emperor, Nero blames Christians for a "mysterious fire" in Rome, and rampant persecution of Christians begins. |
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| Five main centers of Christianity |
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-Jerusalem
-Antioch
-Alexandria
-Rome
-Byzantium (aka Constantinople) |
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-A.D./C.E. 313 - The Emperor, Constantine makes Christianity legal and begins to promote it after his mother, Helena's conversion experience.
-A.D./C.E. 1054 Major Split: "The Great Schism" (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) (Authority, Ritual, Doctrine) |
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| Actions you take to put and to keep you in a proper relationship with God. (baptism) |
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The world church. (Headquartered in Rome)
-Major branch of Christianity
-Headed up by the Pope. |
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| The "right way to do things" church. |
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-Spiritual depicting of Jesus or etc...2D
-"windows into eternity"
-through meditation they can step into the other 'realm.' |
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-Russian
-Greek
-Armenian
-Albanian |
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| Characteristics of the Eastern Orthodox Church |
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-Service is like a "visit to Heaven."
-Icons are windows into eternity
-Use of chants and burning
-Distancing from physical world.
-Restore image of God - no concept of original sin.
-Communion/Eucharist |
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| -mystically transported to the End of the Age and final Communion of Saints. |
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-hard core Catholic
-equivalent of a PhD in Theology.
*-95 Theses (October 31, 1517)
*-"Evangelical" Church (Lutheran) |
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-Bishop Tetzel
-a way to absolve sin through cash. |
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| Results of the Protestant Reformation |
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-John Calvin in Switzerland
-Henry VIII in England
-Charles and John Wesley |
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-Sovereignty of God
-"Reformed" Church
-John Knox from Scotland (Presbyterians) |
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-Wanted a divorce, the Pope wouldn't grant it.
-Anglican Church in U.K.
-Episcopal Church in U.S. |
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-Worked with poor who could not attend church.
-New Testament Christianity
-Methodists |
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-Menno Simon in Switzerland
-Baptists |
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-Pacifists
-No participation in civil government
-Anabaptist
-Mennonites |
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-"re-baptize"
-immersed adults |
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-Largest Protestant Denomination
-Fused ideas of Calvin and Anabaptists
-Return to more basic form of Christianity. |
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-Beginning of the 20th Century
-Emphasis the experiential (speaking in tongues. prophesy, healing)
-Assemblies of God |
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| fastest growing Pentecostal denomination in the world. |
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| the annual celebration of the birth of Jesus. |
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-the remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
-Gives validity of salvation |
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| a branch of (Protestant) Christianity with the same name, belief and practices. |
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-"good newsing"
-fulfilling Jesus' mandate to go out into the world and share the gospel.
-Central to Christianity |
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