HIS 101 MIDTERM Flashcards

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Papias

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Dates: c70-c130
Apostolic Father
Bishop in Asia minor,
Wrote, 5 vol. work “Expositions of the Sayings of the Lord”.
Likely knew the apostle John, contemporary of Polycarp.
Represents the 1st & earliest articulations of the pre-mil view.

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Expositions of the Sayings of the Lord

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Wrote toward the end of Pipias’s life, only fragments left.
First writing referencing the gospels as Scripture
Wrote, 5 vol. work “Expositions of the Sayings of the Lord”.

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Clement of Rome

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Date: c 35-110
Apostolic Father
Wrote 1 Clement. The oldest complete writing of the apostolic father.
Knew and worked with Paul (Phil 4:3)

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1 Clement

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Reads like an epistle-written by christians for christiaians
The oldest complete writing of the apostolic fathers written AD 95.
Written by Clement of Rome

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2 Clement

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Not written by Clement of Rome
Not a letter
Sermon written by a Corinthian elder
Represents the oldest surviving sermon outside the NT.

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Ignatius of Antioch

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Bishop of Antioch in Syria.
Apostolic Father
Appears on the scene later in his life.
Writes a series of 7 letters of the churches when headed to Rome.
He had three concern: unification, dealing w/ false teachers, describe and justify his death

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Polycarp of Smyrna

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Burned and is stabbed for his loyalty to Christ.
Apostolic Father
Disciple of John the Apostle.
Most famous of the aposolic fathers.
Wrote The letter of Polycarp to the Phillipians (110)

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The Letter of Polycarp to the Phillipians (110)

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Written by Polycarp to encourage the church during a time of trouble.
Corrupt Elder had been stealing Church funds
Against Docetism

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The Didache

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Greek word for teaching
Written c 100
Summery of the teachings of the apostles concerning church life
873 copies discovered
Basic 101 Christianity. Form of Catechism. Early church community.

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The Letter to Diognetus (c.150)

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anonymously written
about pagan, who has questions about Christinaity.
Considered noblest of all Christian writings defending Christiniaty from criticism.
“Clearest expression of the gospel in the early second century.

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The Letter of Barnabas

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Against Judaism
It is an Apologetic work
Address how the OT relates to Christ. Early attempt to read the scriptures biblically.

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Justin Martyr

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Early Church Apologist
AD 100-165
Wrote many great works, his most popular are his 1 and 2nd apology.
Founded a training school in Christianity
Trained in Greek Philosophy.
Beheaded

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First Apology

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Written by Justin Martyr 
153-154
Open letter to Emperor Pious in Rome.
Opens with a plea for Christians to be judged and evaluated on evidence. 
Christians are not atheists
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Second Apology

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153-154
Written by Justin Martyr to the Emperor Pious in Rome.
An apendix to the 1st apology
Deals with Christian suicide and why bad things happen to good people

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Dialogue with Trypho

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Written by Justin Martyr - perhaps a real convo
Focuses on OT scripture and interpreting Christ in the OT
Shows importnance of hermenutics and christological reading of Scripture

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Irenaeus of Lyons

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130-202
Early Church Apologist 
Wrote "Against Heresies" which is broken down into 5 books which is the 1st systematic theology of sorts 
Born in Asia Minor  
Theological method: covenental
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Against Heresies

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Written by Irenaeus 
which is broken down into 5 books which is the 1st systematic theology of sorts 
1. Against gnostisism 
2. Denial of the Biblical God
3. Interpreting the Bible 
4. Princeiples of Government
5. Slavation
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Gnosticism

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“Secret knowledge” that is extra bibilical
Denied the Doctrine of Creation
Emphasized the spiritual world over the physical world.
Believed Christ was god but lesser in divinity.
Believed he was not homoousios with God. (Same substance)

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Athanasius

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Born in AD 296 in Alexandria, Egypt
Monk who saved the world
Wrote “Against the Heathen” and “On the Incarnation”.
Opposed Arius and Arianism
Exiled 5 times – vindicated by the Second Ecumenical council

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Arius

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Taught that the Son is subordinate to the father
Put his theology into to popular songs.
Banished after Nicea
Arch-heretic of the early church,
attempting to teach “his version” of Christianity.

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Alexander of Alexandria

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Trained Athanasius
Bishop of Alexandria
Opposed Arius
Helped compile orthodox Trinitarian Theology at the Council of Nicea

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Constantinus

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Arian in theology.
Tried to undo the accomplishmen of the Nicean creed
Attempted to capture Athanasius by sending 5,000 soldiers to his church.

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The Nicene Creed

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325
Homoousian and Homoisusian
The result of the 1st ecumenical council, establish true theology

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Homoousian

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Same substance
Essential doctrine to the council of Nicea
Taught that Christ was of the same substance with the father

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Homoiousian

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Similar substance
Essential doctrine to the council of Nicea
Taught that Christ was of similar, but not of the same substance as the Father

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Against the Heathen

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335 written by Athanasius
Written for new believers - Christianity 101
Taught that matter is not evil

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On the Incarnation

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335 written by Athanasius
Taught that the Word of the Father in himself is divine and that Christ has come in order to redeem us unto worship.
Taught that true creation won’t be realized until glory.
Incarnation of Christ proves that matter is not evil.

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Life of Anthony the Great

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One of the 1st christian biographies
Abt a desert monk
written by Athanasius
Enjoying a life of holiness through self-denial

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Letter to Marcellinus

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Taught that Psalms = heart of the Bible
Written by Athanasius to Marcellinus to go to the psalms is in a time of trial
Defended that both the OT and NT are inspired

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Think about: Value of Creeds and Confessions

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Regulative principles of worship
To be reformed is to be confessonal
Everyone has a creed
Creed (what you confess as an orthodox)
Confession (What makes you fit into one denom. or another)
-Creeds are easy to show the world our unity and what makes us christian
-Creeds connect us with the church of old and reminds us of the universal church
-Creeds stand as ruler to measure what is Biblical and heretical
-Guards the pulpit
-protects the pew
-unites on truth, divides on error
-instructs for the purpose of discipleship

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T-0

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No tradition
no creed but the Bible
fundamentalist baptists

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T-2

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Bible and Authority are equal
Church carries down divine truth
elivation of tradition

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T-1

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Reformed - only one source of authority
creeds submit to scripture
valuable, but subordinate

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T-infinity

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Scripture and Tradition equal - but ultimately I decide what is good. Don’t tread on me.
Make your tradition and scripture inclusive

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1st Ecumenical Council

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Nicea 325
Constantine called it in light of Arian controversy
Codified Trinitarian language
Condemened arianism
Established the Nicean Creed
Clarified the doctrine of the Trinity: Father and the Son are coequal and coeternal (Homoousian)

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2nd Ecumenical Council

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381
1st of Constantinople
Called by Theodocius seeking to unify church
Condemned: Pneumatomachians & Apolonarianism
No clear statement came from this council

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Pneumatomachianism

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Spirit fighters
HS is not divine
HS created being

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Apolonarianism

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Jesus had human body and divine mind

Denied that he had a human soul

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Council of Ephesus

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(431)
Dealt with the relationship between the two natures of Christ
Condemned Nestorianism
Rejected the doctrine of Mary as the Theotokos (God-bearer)

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Nestorianism

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Condemned at the Council of Ephesus
Suggested an indistinct mixing of human and divine natures.
The human and divine natures were joined by will rather than personhood.

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The Council of Chalcedon

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451!!
Political in nature
Condemned Eutychianism
United and was the finale of all the creeds and confessions

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Augustine

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Born in 354-430 in North Africa. 
The most important person outside of the Bible in the early years of the church
Reformation was abt who was on augustine's side
wrote 500 or so books/sermons
Ended the era of the patristic fathers
390 0rdained as preist 
395 made bishop of Hipppo
Fought Donatism
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Donatism

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deals w/ ecclesiology
If a minister is found to be in sin/not truly regeret than all their efforts are invalidated (baptism, ordination…)
Confused the visual and the spiritual realm of the sacraments
“perfect church” mentality

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City of God

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Written by Augustine
Written against Rome’s faulty concept of God’s judgment
Gave a case for difinitive theology
Counter apologetic for the church in Rome

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Pelagian Controversy

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Everyone has the ability and responsibility to be perfect 
You're born clean and w/out sin
death is a biological necessity 
Adam's sin was his alone
"perfect man" mentality
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Enchiridion

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A Christian handbook on worship through faith, hope and love.
a book by Augustine later in his life
We learn about humanity in its Fourfold State.

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Fourfold State

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A doctrine taught by Augustine on the 4 states of man
The first 2 states address man before the law (pre-fall), and under the law (in the wilderness, after the 10 commandments),
The last two states address man under grace (life) and perfection (glory)

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Oskar Skarsaune

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Proof from prophecy model
○ Attempts to demonstrate from the OT that Jesus is the messiah
○ Drawing from the principles of the OT for morality

○ Since Christianity is of greater antiquity it is of greater value