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| Since early on, what are four things that Christians do towards Jesus? |
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Sang hymns about Jesus
prayed to Jesus
worshiped Jesus
looked to Jesus for salvation |
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| Who are the 4 major players for the Jesus debate? When was this debate? |
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Arius
alexander
athanasis
constantine
4th century |
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| What was Arius's argument about Jesus? |
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| He taught that Jesus was not devine (not equal with God) |
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| What did Alexander believe about Jesus? Who was he? |
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Believed that Arius was wrong
bishop of Alexandria |
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| Alexander's secretary and sucessor as bishop over alexander |
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| Emperor who convened the council of Nicea to settle the debate |
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| What did Arius say that Jesus was? |
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| Arius believed that if Jesus is God, then Christians are what? |
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| Worship more than one God |
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| What does Alexander and Athanasius believe that Jesus was? |
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| Alexander and Athanasius said that if Jesus is not God, then they are what? |
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| A person who worships an idol |
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| When and where was the council of Nicea? |
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| What was the council of Nicea about? |
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| Meeting of Christian bishops to decide the debate over the "Arian controversy" |
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| What was the Arian controversy? |
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| What was the outcome of the Arian controversy? |
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They ruled in favor of Alexander and Athanasius's beliefs.
Arian though he was going to win |
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| What did the coucil of Nicea create? |
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| What is the Nicene Creed? |
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| Statements of what Christians believe |
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| What is the Nicene creed broken of into? |
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| What is so special about the Nicene creed? |
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| it is the 1 statement that is common across the universe |
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| How long has the Nicene creed been recited? |
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| What are two problem/questions that arise when you say if Jesus is God... |
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- Are Christians polytheists?
- Is Jesus human?
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| What is the answer to: if Jesus is God, are Christians polytheists? Explain |
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Three persons: father son and spirit
persons are distinguishable but are one God |
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| For the problem: If Jesus is God, is Jesus human? Compare and contrast God vs. humans |
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- God: immaterial, eternal, all-powerful and all-knowing, creator
- Human: material, finite, limited power and knowledge, creation
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| What did some early Christians deny about Jesus? |
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| What was popular in the first century CE? |
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Physical body is evil (world is evil)
spiritual/immaterial is good (soul is good) |
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| What is an example of some early Christians denying Jesus's humanity? |
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| Jesus "appeared" to have a physical body |
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| What was an early church dilemma about the humanity and divinity of Jesus? |
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| Jesus needs to be God in order to save people, but needs to be human to bring about salvation, but Jesus can't be 1/2 human and 1/2 God |
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| What was the solution to the dilemma in the early church:Jesus needs to be God in order to save people, but needs to be human to bring about salvation, but Jesus can't be 1/2 human and 1/2 God? |
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| Jesus is 100%God and 100% human |
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| What are the three things that Jesus does? |
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Lives a sinless life
dies on the cross
rises from the dead |
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| What is focused on the most in Christian theology? |
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| Who are the two people that we are reading? |
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| What is Grudem's belief on Jesus being human and God? |
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Fully human and fully God
"If Jesus wasn't fully God... nobody could be saved" |
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| What kind of distinction did Borg give about Jesus? |
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| Pre- Easter Jesus and Post-Easter Jesus |
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| What does Borg believe Jesus did and did not do when he was alive? |
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Didn't think He went around proclaiming He was God
"Jesus is, for us Christians, the decisions revelation of what a life full of God looks like" |
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What is Grudems reasoning for why Jesus died on the cross?
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| He died on the cross and bore God's wrath for sin so that God could look favorably at us |
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| What does Grudem believe that Jesus knew? |
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| "Jesus knew there was no other way for God to save us than for Him to die in our place" |
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| What is Borgs reasoning for Jesus getting executed? |
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| Got executed by the Romans because of his politics and his passion for God's justice. |
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| What did Borg say about Jesus's death? (His quote) |
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| "His death was a consequence of what He was doing, but not his purpose |
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| What are the four atonement theories? |
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Ransom
Satisfaction
Moral influence
Penal Substitution |
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| Out of the two books, who mainly focused on the Atonement Theories? |
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| What was the earliest Atonement Theory created? |
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| What's an example of a ransom? |
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| Robber taking someone hostige to get a money in return |
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| What do people say about Jesus's death? |
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| What is the three step process of the Ransom Theory of Jesus? |
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Humanity was taken hostige by Satan
Jesus's death was a ransom
God makes the ransom payment |
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| When was the Ransom theory created? |
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| What is one scriptural support for the Ransom Theory? |
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Matthew 20:28
Gives his life for a ransom |
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| Who developed the most developed version of the Ransom Theory? |
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| What does Gregory of Nyssa say how the Ransom Theory began? |
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Satan tricked Adam and Eve into sinning
So humanity was the property of Satan through sin |
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| What does Gregory of Nyssa say that God wanted to do? |
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| God wanted to buy humans back |
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| What did Gregory of Nyssa say that God offer to buy us back with? |
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| What does Gregory of Nyssa refer Jesus to as? |
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| the ultimate trick: God disquised as human |
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