Christian Response Flashcards
Clement’s only genuine extant writing is his letter to the church at _______ ( 1 Clement) in response to a dispute in which certain presbyters of the Corinthian church had been deposed.
Corinth
He asserted the authority of the presbyters as rulers of the church on the ground that the Apostles had appointed such
Clement of Rome
was in direct contact with the Apostles, and therefore our direct link to the Lord’s disciples.
Polycarp
We can discern the rich influence of John and Paul in his Epistle.
Polycarp
the bishop of Smyrna, wrote to the Church at Philippi on the exhortation of virtue, the practice of love, hope and patience, the reminders for deacons, youths and virgins, and the duties of presbyters, and all Christians.
Polycarp
He was betrayed by a servant, asked to denounce his faith in Jesus by his persecutors, refused to revile Christ, stood unthreatened by torture and death, and embraced martyrdom by being burned alive inside a stadium before multitude of people.
Polycarp
The martyrdom of ______ was well recorded by ancient writers, and was considered as one of the most inspiring stories of the early Christians that defied human persecution and withstood the trial of faith, even the fearful test of death
Polycarp
________for Polycarp is the greatest evil
Heresy
He describes heresy as following:
“For every one who shall not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is antichrist: and whosoever shall not confess the testimony of the Cross, is of the devil; and whosoever shall pervert the oracles of the Lord to his own lusts and say that there is neither resurrection nor judgment, that man is the first-born of Satan.”
Polycarp
Coming from humble origins,______\ succeeded Evodius as bishop of Antioch, the largest city of Syria, at the beginning of the 2nd century, when the Church was fifty years old.
Ignatius
Originally a pagan and influenced by philosophy. He was arrested around 110 and taken under military escort to Rome. There he was not beheaded, but thrown to the wild beasts for food.
Ignatius
fought the Judaizers and the Docetists
Ignatius
were Christians who felt that all Christians, Gentile converts included, must follow the Jewish law.
make Jewish; convert to Judaism.
follow Jewish customs or religious rites.
Judaizers
was the name given to the belief that Jesus did not really have a body but only seemed to have one (in Greek dokeo).
Docetists
They deny the bodily resurrection of Jesus and his human appearance.
It’s adherents probably wanted to protect the divine Son of God from the corruptibility of the flesh, but a Christ with a phantom body could not suffer, die or rise.
Docetists
The divine Christ would never touch flesh, which is evil
Jesus only seemed huma
Jesus only appeared to die
“Christ” left “Jesus” before the Crucifixion
Docetism
was best remembered as the apologist who notably defended the Christian practice and doctrine in his great work, Adversus Haeresus (Against Heresies) which condemned and refuted the theological and moral errors of Gnosticism.
St. Irenaeus
of Lyons
St. Irenaeus
He was able to point out that what the Gnostics preached as salvific revelation of God was not rooted in the teachings of the apostles but a fruit of their intellectual distortions tailored to cater their own agenda as exclusive recipients of God’s salvation.
St. Iranius
The Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, through His transcendent love, became man, so that men could become divine.
St. Iranius
is most remembered by his strong character, and pure brilliance for the Church’s defense against heresies.
Quintos Septimus Florens Tertullianus
Historians find it difficult to categorically determine his roots. But it is certain that he was well educated in the law, rhetoric and Greek.
Tertullianus
was the first great Latin writer who wrote extensively.
Tertullian
He created much Latin terminology, which in turn found it way into English.
(three)
(unity)
(Trinity)
Tri
unitas
Trinity
He also used the words substantia and persona
Tertullian
was the Father of the African Church. He was truly a fighter against faulty reasoning and divisive false teaching.
Tertullian
He produced a number ofapologetical writings against Marcion, against paganism and heresy..
Tertullian
But Tertullian deviated from the Church whom he greatly loved and defended because around 206 he abandoned the Church for________.
Montanism
the hero of the Christians in Carthage became the villain of the Christian Church.
Tertullian
