Christian Heritage Flashcards
Exam #1
According to Cyprian, if one has God as their Father, who must they have as their mother?
The Church
Irenaeus was a student of which Apostolic Father?
Polycarp
According to Cyprian, what does it mean to be “slain with the sword of the Spirit?”
to be cast out of the church
Which heretic (teacher of false belief) does Irenaeus identify in our reading
Valentinus
Qualifications for being an apostle according to Peter
Someone who has been an eyewitness for Jesus’ entire ministry
What happens when there are no more like Matthias?
No more eyewitnesses
Where do Christian’s find answers today
when they have questions about belief
and practice?
What is an Apostolic Father?
Sacred Writings…
- Clement
- Epistles of Barnabas
- Shepherd of Hermas
- Martyrdom of Polycarp
- Letters of _________
- Didache
Who is Ignatius?
-Bishop of Antioch
-Wrote 7 epistles
What was Ignatius’s occasion for writing?
-Was under arrest (unclear why)
-Traveling to Rome where he suffered death by martyrdom= was put to death an account of his faith
Ecclesiology
Martyrdom
Where the ______ is, there is the church
For centralized leadership to fight Heresy, why the move to establish authority?
“Avoid all divisions, as the beginning of evils”
Used the word “catholic (_____) for the church
What is Heresy?
-Belief or opinion contrary to religious doctrine
-Incorrect Doctrine, “bad” belief
-A theological “untruth”
Implication: Heretics have chosen to be at odds with ______, or teachings of right belief, correct doctrine
Docetism
-Christ did have a real body, was not human, did not die, did not rise again in the flesh
-Christ only seemed or appeared to be flesh
Opponents had an ethical “disconnect” when ________ is denied
Eucharist
-bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus through power of the Holy Spirit
-medicine of immortality (for salvation)
What does Didache mean?
-Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
What are the Didache Writings?
-Written over the course of several decades, mostly intact by early second century
-Considered Scripture by some before final canon of biblical books defined
