Exam 1 Flashcards
Who is Justin Martyr?
Justin Martyr was an Apologist in the years 100 - 165.
Who argued that there are a world of realities beyond this world?
Justin Martyr
Palestinian Judaism
- The promised land
- Hellenizing pressures
Jews varied between what?
a.) Ethical Monotheism
B.) Eschatological hope
What is eschatological hope?
The hope and belief of an afterlife and gods kingdom and presence on earth.
Diaspora Judaism
a.) one of the main avenues for christianity
B.) Hebrew OT to Greek
C.) used by diasporic Jews
D.) Greek was used by early missionaries to spread the gospel
What is monotheism?
The belief that there is only one god.
What is polytheism?
The belief that there are several or multiple gods that are worthy of worship.
What is monarchianism?
Monarchianism is in direct contrast to the holy trinity, i.e, it affirmed God as one indivisible being.
What is docetism?
Docetism is one those more important doctrines in Gnosticism. It says that the body of Christ was not human, rather it was a celestial substance and his sufferings were only apparent.
Gnosticism
Gnostics believed in docetism, as well as the argument that matter and material creation is evil.
What are the three contexts of the early church?
1.) Palestinian Judaism
2.) diaspora Judaism
3.) Greco Roman world
What is the Palestinian Judaism context?
Promise land
faithfulness
Pharisees and Sadducee’s
ethical monotheism and eschatological hope
What is the diaspora Judaism context?
Main avenue for the spread of Christianity
Septuagint (Old Testament)
Philo of Alexandria - prove god of OT and gods of Greek philosophy were the same using allegorical methods
What is the Greco Roman world context?
Pax Romana — unity
This cause syncretism
AD 61-100 early Christian’s
These were considered as Jew
authority in 12 apostles, peter and John were preeminent
What separates the Jews?
Language
Aramaic: in Palestine
Greek: found in the Greco Roman diaspora
What is the difference between hebrews and Hellenists?
They are both Jewish Christian’s but:
Hebrew are the Aramaic Jews that accepted Christ whereas the hellenists where the Greek Jews who accepted Christ which divided the two.
What was the earliest persecution of Christian’s?
By the Jews who persecuted the hellenists.
AD 49
This was the Jerusalem council which discussed circumcision and the law. This split Christianity and Judaism
What were the 3 perspectives of the Jerusalem council?
1.) judiazer - circumcise and law
2.) peter, Paul and baranabas: grace saves
3.) James: stipulation (everyone agrees with James).
What happens between Antioch and Jerusalem?
They diverge - Antioch mixed culture and Jerusalem stayed isolated and insulated.
What is religion licitae?
Legal religion.
AD 41 made it legal for Jews to not have to worship emperors.
What was the Jewish perspective of early Christian’s?
They were herectical and Jews feared gods jud
AD 64
Rome
Fire
Persecution by Nero
Christians lost the Jewish status
Christian’s were persecuted not because f fire but be cause they were haters of humans
Set precedence for future persecution
Peter and Paul were martyred and prompted for the writing of mark.
Created a public response of sympathy
AD 70
temple was destroyed, there became a bigger divide between Christian’s and Jews
AD 95
Emperor Domitian
Annual Jewish temple tax to tome.
There were strict laws against Jews and persecution against both Jews and xns.
Revelations was PROBABLY written around now.
What was early church life like?
- Worship: both men and women
- Love of feast i.e. communion
3.) didache
Didache
An early church teaching document
What were the 3 main systems of the church
1.) congretional
2.) presbo(collegiate body)
3.) episcopal (bishop)
What were criticisms of the church?
1.) cannibals
2.) incestous orgies
3.) haters of humans bc of gods wrath
4.) atheist
5.) didn’t participate in many social functions
6.) scripture seemed barbaric
What was persecution like in AD 100-202
Persecution was sporadic and local