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What is the Orthodox Church? |
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-Oldest church in Christendom
-2nd largest body in Christendom
-Christian church, founded by the Lord Jesus Christ and described in the pages of NT
-Church is the living body of Jesus Christ |
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| What are the similarities and differences between Eastern and Western Christianity? |
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| What were the debated books that ended up in the NT? |
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- Hebrews
-Enoch
-Shepard of Hermas
-Apocalypse of John
*apostolic fathers*
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| When was the canon of the NT determined by? |
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| Scripture understood within _____ |
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| 2 Peter 1:20 "knowing this first, that no _______ of the scripture is of any private interpretation |
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| According to 1 Timothy 3:15 the _________ is the pillar and ground of the truth |
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| "Do not err, my brethren: if anyone follow a ____, he will not inherit the Kingdom of God. If any man walk about with strange doctrine, he cannot lie down with the passion. Take care, then, to use one _____, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: for there is one ____ our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of ____; one altar, as there is one bishop with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons." |
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1. schismatic
2. Eucharist
3. flesh
4. his blood |
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| "Let all things therefore be done by you with good order in Christ. Let the laity be subject to the ____; the deacons to the ____ the presbyters to the ____; the bishop to ____, even as he is to the father" |
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1. deacons
2.presbyters
3. bishop
4.christ
*obey the bishop*
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| "but concerning baptism, thus baptize ye: having first recited all these precepts, baptize in the name of the _____ and of the _____, and of the _____ in the running water; but if thou hast not running water, baptize in some other water, and if thou canst not baptize in cold, in warm water; but if thou hast neither, pour water ____ on the head, in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy spirit" |
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1. father
2. son
3. holy spirit
4. 3 times
*How you celebrate services in the church* |
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| "your fasts must not be identical with those of the hypocrites. They fast on Mondays and Thursdays, but you should fast on _____ and _____" |
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| Wherefore it is incumbent to obey the presbyters who are in the church, -- those who, as I have shown, possess the _____ from the apostles. St. Irenaeus, Against All Heresies |
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| The seven ecumenical councils addressed questions about the Holy _____ and the nature of _____. |
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1. of Jesus Christ
2. Trinity |
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Nicea
formulated the first part of the ____, defining the ____ of the Son of God. |
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| Formulated the second part of the Creed, defining the divinity of the Holy Spirit |
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| defined christ as the incarnate of God and Mary as theotokos (God Bearer) |
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| defined Christ as perfect God and Perfect man in one person |
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| Reconfirmed the doctrines of the Trinity and of Christ |
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| affirmed the true humanity of Jesus by insisting upon the reality of his human will and action |
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| affirmed the propriety of icons as genuine expressions of the Christian Faith |
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| When did the "Great Schism" took place ? |
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| Sources of Holy Tradition |
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- Gospels
-Rest of Scriptures
-Ecumenical councils
-Liturgy
-Iconography and lives of saints |
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| -focus on information/data & how we relate to each other; come to church to learn about God and how we live |
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| -focus is experience and intuition (come to church to experience God) |
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XI. Salvation
WEST AND EAST |
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-WEST uses a legal model
-(a sin=transgression against rules)
-debt satisfaction model
-substituting atonement
-EAST uses a medical model
-sin=illness
-the church is a hospital
-in the orthodox church, there are no rules
-10 commandments are prescriptions for life eternal
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