Final Exam - Ch 18-21 Flashcards
A worldview held by many ancient Jews and Christians that maintained that the present age is controlled by forces of evil, but that these will be destroyed at the end of time when God intervenes in history to bring in his Kingdom, an event thought to be imminent.
Apocalypticism
Generally, one who is commissioned to perform a task, from a Greek word meaning “sent” in early Christianity, the term was used to designate special emissaries of the faith who were understood to be representatives of Christ. See also Disciple.
Apostle
The letters of Ephesians, Colossians, and 2 Thessalonians.
Deutero Pauline Letters
New Testament letters that Paul allegedly wrote to two pastors, Timothy (1 and 2 Timothy) and Titus
Pastoral Epistles/Letters
All of the letters of the New Testament that claim to be written by Paul, including the Deutero-Pauline and Pastoral epistles.
Pauline Corpus
From the Greek, literally meaning “false writings” and commonly referring to ancient noncanonical Jewish and Christian literary texts, many of which were written pseudonymously.
Pseudepigrapha
City in southeast Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) that, according to Acts, was home to the apostle Paul. The city was known as one of the great philosophical centers in the Roman Empire, leading some scholars to suspect that Luke located Paul there to further his credentials (Paul never mentions his hometown in his letters).
Tarsus
A Hebrew word that means “guidance” or “direction” but that is usually translated as “Law.”
The Mosaic Law (Torah)
Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon—letters that scholars overwhelmingly judge to have been written by Paul. See also Deutero-Pauline Epistles; Pastoral Epistles.
Undisputed Pauline Epistles
For centuries, Christian communities did not meet in buildings specially built for the purpose but in private homes. Often it was the owner of the home who was the leader of the church. Such communities—which met for worship, instruction, fellowship, and the celebration of rituals such as baptism and the Eucharist—are known as house churches.
House Church
The doctrine that indicates how a person who is condemned by sin can be placed in a right standing before God by means of a sacrifice. In traditional Christian teaching, it is Christ’s death that brings atonement.
Atonement
One of the two principal ways that Paul understood or conceptualized the relationship between Christ’s death and salvation. According to this model, salvation is comparable to a legal decision in which God, who is both lawmaker and judge, treats humans as “not guilty” for committing acts of transgression (sins) against his Law—even though they are guilty—because Jesus’ death has been accepted as a payment.
Judicial Model
The doctrine found in Paul’s letters (see Judicial Model) that a person is “made right” (justified) with God by trusting in the effects of Christ’s death rather than by doing the works prescribed by the Jewish Law.
Justification by Faith
One of the two principal ways that Paul understood or conceptualized the relationship between Christ’s death and salvation. This model understood sin to be a cosmic force that enslaved people; salvation (liberation from bondage) came by participating in Christ’s death through baptism. See also Judicial Model.
Participationist Model
The Participationist model (Participation through Baptism)
*The First Adam was disobedient; sin and death came into the world
The entire creation is totally under the Evil Power; we are enslaved
*The Second Adam is Christ who was obedient; Righteousness and Life abounded
Through our Faith in Christ, we participate in God’s grace
God as a revealer (New Creation)
Sin as a cosmic power of evil
Christ appeared as the one who nullifies the Evil Power
Adam Christology
