CH500 final Flashcards
What are the SIX criteria (according to FF Bruce) for the development of the canon?
T.A.C.O. A.I. Apostolicity Antiquity Catholicity Orthodoxy Traditional Use Inspired by the Spirit
The THREE attitudes of Christians towards war w/ historical examples.
- Kingdom non-violence/Pacifism (denounce warfare) e.g. early church, Mennonites, MLK jr.
- Just War Theory (qualified participation) e.g. Plato, Aristotle, Ambrose, & Augustine.
- Crusade/Holy War (church should dominate over the world) Pope Urban II (ISIS)
Name and describe FIVE key aspects of the Eastern Church.
W.i.th. My Ew
- Worship/Liturgy-Chrysostom’s
- Icons- veneration
- Theosis
- Mystery-apophatic vs kataphatic
- East vs West- languages, The Great Schism 1054, Filioque.
Compare & contrast FOUR of the primary characteristics of the Magisterial & Radical Reformations.
- agreed about Sola Scriptura, priesthood of all believers, & justification
- disagreed about relationship of church & state
- disagreed about baptism
- disagreed about membership (upon confession vs parish membership)
List and briefly describe TEN characteristics of Puritan life or character.
- Meeting houses
- Congregationalists
- Simplicity of Worship
- Church=invisible body of Christ
- marks of church=sacraments, preaching the Bible, & church discipline
- emphasis on Bible
- Education
- Sabbath
- Marriage & Family
- Work ethic
- Slave owners. e.g. Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Cotton Mathers.
Name THREE African-American abolitionists/Civil Rights activists and their contributions to that movement.
- Frederick Douglass- escaped slavery, powerful autobiography, pressured Lincoln.
- Malcom X.- voice of Black Nationalist movement, advocated a proactive taking of power from oppressor even if it meant defending one’s self physically.
- MLK jr. -Leader of SCLC & Montgomery bus Boycott, Lead March to Selma, advocate of non-violence, pressured Lyndon Johnson, public speaker.
Name FIVE figures & the category of response they had towards Hitler.
- Joseph Goebbels -converted to evil
- Gerhard Kittel-Justification of Nazism
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer -discerned evil early/ tried to destroy evil
- Marin Niemöller- Ecclesiastical resistance
- Maximillian Kolbe -substitutionary death
A church history figure you admire/respect enumerate FIVE attributes.
Perpetua
- Steadfast despite father’s pleading
- obedient even if it meant not seeing her baby anymore
- Prophetic visions/drenched in the scriptural narrative
- modesty and respect even while attacked.
- leader among her group of martyrs e.g. sung psalms, strengthened others between attacks, last to die.
List and describe THREE key areas of growth (“centers of universality”) in the church today.
- China - first wave were the Nestorians. Later came Jesuits and then Protestants. Underground church has grown massively under Communist rule.
- Africa - 25% of all living Christians live here. Long established history of the church. Ethiopian Orthodox (Coptic) Church. significant figures are from here.
- Latin America - 24% of all living Christians live here. Jesuits came first. Protestant missions started in 18th c. Rapidly spreading charismatic church among once Catholic peoples.
List, describe, & provide the relevance of THREE missionaries to the history of missions.
- St. Patrick. Welsh person enslaved in Ireland. Left then came back a free man in order to preach Christ to the pagans.
- William Carrey- “father of modern missions”, advocated that the church should go out to the pagan world to bring them Christ. Goes to India. Translated the Bible into over 40 languages.
- Lottie Moon - “patron saint of Southern Baptist missions” went to China. Prolific letters to American churches asking for support. Died before she could make it home.
first FOUR Councils locations w/ dates, heresy, people, and Christology.
Nicea 325 - God
heresy: Arianism vs Athanasius
Constantinople 381 - Man
heresy: Apollinarism: vs Basil
Ephesus 431 - One
heresy: Nestorianism
vs. Cyril of Alexandria
Chalcedon 451- Two
Eutychianism vs Pope Leo
TEN factors that enabled the Early Church to stand strong.
Set Apart- 1. Rootage in the ancient faith 2. NT Scriptures emerging and clustering 3. Church better than world 4. Holiness & Church discipline Prepared for pain- 5. Martyrdom 6. Spiritual warfare 7. Theology of Suffering Reaching out- 8. Relationships 9. Teaching, preaching, & public evangelism 10. Apologists
SEVEN major paradigm shifts of the Reformation:
- Epistemological/Hermeneutical
- Theological
- Doxological
- Ecclesiological
- Monasticism/Celibacy
- Arts/Architecture
- Communications Tech
Reformation paradigm shift anagram:
D.e.t.a.c.h. M.(e).
Proto Reformers
John Wycliffe & Jan Huss