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| Right belief as determine by as specific group |
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| believe not considered orthodox |
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| ______ is a crucial for understanding not only live of jesus but the entired biblical message |
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| tell us the life of jesus |
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| Mathew, Mark, Luke and John |
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| history is not the pure past, is the past ________ _________ ______ present of historian |
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| Historians divide human existance on this planet into 2 period; ______ and _______. The dividing mark between the two periods is the ___________ _________ |
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Prehistoric and Historic
invention of writing |
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| The inhabitants repeatedly suffered________, _______, and _________. |
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| Invasion, bondage and exile. |
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| In general, Roman policies toward the religion and customs of conquered people were rather__________. |
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| 2 fundamentals beliefs for jews: _______ and ______ |
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| ethical monotheism and eschatological hope. |
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| Diaspora Judaism unwittingly provided the church with the Greek Tanslation of the old Testamen and its called the Septuagint or the version of the LXX. |
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| Durant- Considere Christianity the _______, and the _______ of mystery religions. |
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| Another element in Roman Religion taht eventually became the reason for persecution. This was the worship of the _________ _____________ |
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| Socrates, Plato and many other philosophers had criticized the ancient gods,and had taught about a _______ _________ and _________. Furthermore, both Socrates and Plato believe in the _________ of the ________. |
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Supreme being, perfect and immutable
Immortality of the soul. |
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| The virtues one must cultivate are _______, _______, _______ and ________. |
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moral insight
courage
selfcontrol
justice |
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| The earliest Christians did not consider themselves followers of a ______ _________. The earliest Christians did not reject Judaism, but were convinced that their faith was the _______ fo the Messiah whom jews over the ages had been waiting. |
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| The message of the early church was that Jesus was the ________, who died for _______ ________, and God _________ him from the death. |
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| The best known missionary in the earliest church was _______ |
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| It was in the city of ______, where followers of jesus were first called Christians. |
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| In conclusion it is certain that some of the apostles, Particularly Peter, John, and Paul- did travel________ the _________ and _________the __________ that had been founded either by them or by others. |
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Proclaiming the gospel
supervising the churches |
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| Most missionary work was not carried out by apostles, but rather by the countless and nameless christians who for different reasons_________, _________ or _______ ________ traveled from place to place. |
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Persecution
business
missionary calling |
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| The theme in PAuls's preachings were _______, _________ and __________. |
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| recognition of sin, confession of sin, and turning away from sin |
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| image of God means that we are to _______ _______in our lives |
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| At first, Jews who believed that jesus was the profecied Messiah were considered simply a _____ in Judism. |
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| The enmity against Christianity on the part of many cultured pagans was not a purely intelectual matter, but was deeply rooted in _______ _______. Their main objection was that Christianity was a religion of barbarians who derived their teachings, not from Greeks or Romans, but from ________. |
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| Apologist is a person who ______ ______ his/ her faith. |
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| The apostolic fathers were early _______ _________who were either inmediate disciples of apostles or followers of those who have been inmediate disciples of Apostles. |
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| So impressive was Justin and his teachings of Christian faith that some Christians consider him to be __________ __________ |
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| Justin perhaps teh best Christian scholar of the time, who had founded a school in Rome where he taught what he called the _______ __________ |
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| Justin took upon himself the task of doing "Christian philosophy" and a major part of that task as he saw it was to show and explain the connection between _________ and ___________. |
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| Christianity and classical wisdom |
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| The teaching Justin emphasiaed in the doctrine of Logos. A greek word that means both ______ and _____. |
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| Christians were often accuse of being _______, ________ and ________. |
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| Atheist, inmoral and subversive |
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| In Creed, the Canon of scripture _________ ___________ |
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| The name Gnosticism is derived from the Greek word gnosis, which means _______. According to the Gnostics, they possessed a special, ______ knowledge, reserved for those with true understanding. That knowledge was the secret key to _________. |
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knowledge
mystical
salvation |
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| Since Christ is a heavenly messanger and since _______ and _______ are evil, most christians gnostics rejected teh notion that christ had a body like ours. |
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| Docetism- a name derived from a Greek word meaning "to seeem" for all of them implied, in one way or another, that the body of jesus appeared to be fully _______, but was not. |
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| Gnosticism was a serious threat to Christianity throughout the _________ __________. |
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| According to Marcion, the God and Father of Jesus is ___ _______, as Yahweh, the God of the Old Testament. |
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| Marcion compiled a list of ______ that he considered ______ _______ _____. |
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books
true christian scriptures. |
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| Canon comes from a latin word _______ _____ or ______ and came to mean a _________. |
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measuring line
rule
standard |
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| Athenasius was the first person to list the 27 books we have in the New Testament as complete list of _______ _______. This took place 367. However it was not until 397 at the ______ _______ ______ that the church accepted and declare this list eschanolical. |
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authoritative scripture
third council cartige |
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| Canon's scriptures are those writings regarded as ________for a given religion |
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| 3 factors considered for a book could be consider conatical ___________ ___________ _______________ |
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| authorship, inspiration, usage |
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| When the New Testament mention the word scripture it refers to the _______ _________. |
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| A systematic statement of faith is referred to as a __________. |
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| Although the canon of the New Testament and the various creeds were available instruments in struggle against heresy, the debate finally came to the issue of the ______ church. |
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| The word catholic means _______, but it also means ______ _______ ___ ______. To separate itself from the various _______ _______ and sects, the ancient church began calling itself Catholic. |
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universal
according to the whole
heretical groups |
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| Ireneaus was above all a _____, also sees God as above all a ________. |
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| Irenaus believed human creature |
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| Irenaus believed human kind is to be instructed, not only big angels, but also by the "two hands of God: the ______ and the _______ _________. The goal of this proess is what irenaus calls _________. |
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| A goal of Clement was to convince _______ _______ that Christianity was not absurb superstition taht some claimed it was. |
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| But Clement was convinced that a careful study of scripture would lead to the same _______ that the philosophers have known. |
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| clement believed for the truly wise, ______ is the first principle, the starting point, on which _______ is to build |
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| Clement is known for his writings against _______. |
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| Tertullian was a _______, or at least had been trained in rhetoric, and his enlineliterary output nears the stamp of a ________ _______. |
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| Tertullian aim is to show, not simply that the heretics are wrong, but rather that they do not even have the right to ______ with the church. |
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| The church, as the rightful owner of scripture, is the only one has the right to _________ __ |
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| Tertullian sees the matter, a christian who is still searching for further truth lacks __________. |
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| Tertullian coined the formula that would eventually become the _________ of orthodoxy. |
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| First Christian theologian to write in _________, which was the language of the western half of the empire, and thus he may be considered the founder of ___________ ____________. |
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| Origin understood that Christian life as a process of _______ with a goal of _______. |
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soulmaking
divine enlightment |
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| _________ was one point at which Christians of all social classes had a common experience. The reason for gathering on the first was the day of the ___________ of the lord. |
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| It is clear that early in the second century there were 3 distincts positions of leadership in the church, _________, ___________, ________- |
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| Early in the fourth century, however, the _______ and _______ persecution broke out. |
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| This agreement commonly known as the Edict of Milan marks the date usually given for the ________ __ _______. |
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| The _________ Constantine had enourmous consequence |
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| Constantine reserved the right to determine his own ____________ _______ and even to _______ in the life of the church, for he considered himself "________ of _______" |
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religious practices
intervine
bishops of bishops |
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| For Constantine, the Christian God was a very powerful being who could ________ ____ as long as he ______ the ________. |
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support him
favored the faithful |
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| Constantine ________ _____ made christianity the official religion. |
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| In 391. Theodosis outlawed _________ ___________ and ordered the temple _________ or ________ to _____ ______. |
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Pagan sacrifices
closed devoted to public use |
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| The most immediate consequence of Constantine's conversion was the cessation of __________ |
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| Int this regard, a series of imperial edicts granted the 21st century. one of this was _______ _____ for church properties. |
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| At first, Christians gathered to worship in ________ _____ |
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| Communion was still the _________ _____ of worship celebrated on sunday. |
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| Eusebius of Caesarea is known as ________ ___ ________ ________. |
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| in the midst of such evil times, Eusebius carried on with what would become his most important works _______ _________ ________. |
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| according to such authors as justin and clement of Alexandria, both _________ and the _________ _________ were given as a preparation for the gospel. |
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philosophy
hebrew scripture |
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| the very word monk is derived from the Greek word monachows which means ________. one of hte driving motivations for the early monks was the search for solitude society with its noise and its many activities was seen as a ________ and a _________ from the monastic goal. |
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solitary
temptation
distraction |
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| solitary monasticism, this form is called _______ a name derived from 2 greek words meaning _______ ____- |
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| The origen of the word ________. From the piece of cape-capella- the little church came to be called a _______ and those who served in it, _________ chaplains |
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| Monostacism preserved 2 preserved spiritul fruits. 1. without discipline there can be no _______. Discipline which cause nothing which is no renunciation or some form or another is __________ |
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| Constantine who was greatly interested in keeping the church together so it could help _______ his empire. |
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| The Donatist declared that the validity of sacraments depended on the ________ of the bishop performing it. Caecilian and his followers responded that the validity of the sacraments it was grounded in the _________ of its ________. |
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worthiness
holiness of its Lord |
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| From its very beginnings, Christianity had involved in ________. The empire had a vested interest in the unity of the church, which Constantine hope would become the "________ of the ________. Thus, the stated soon began to use its power to force theological ______- upon christians |
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Theological
cement of the empire
agreement |
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| the main issue at stake was whether the logos, the word of God was ________ with god |
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| At the council of nicea ______, jesus was declared to be _________. |
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| Creed comes from the latin, and means ________ , a creed is an author statementof the ________ ________ of the Christian faith to which believers are expected to ________. |
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i believe
main articles
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| 3 creeds that define orthodox christianity |
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1. apostal creed
2. nicea creed
3. athanasian creed. |
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| 3 believes about who jesus was |
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1 credal christian/ jesus is god
2. Biblical Christians/ jesus son of god
3. Humanistic Christians/ jesus is a man who shows us the higuest of humanity to which we should try. |
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