Quiz 1 Flashcards
Theology literal meaning
speech about God
Theology meaning
study of God
Systematic theology
branch building a coherent system of thought, fitting it together to understand
Christian
centered on Jesus
Catholic
-branch of Christianity
-from Western Europe
-Augustinian
-authority is from Pope
-focused on tradition
Jesus of Nazareth
historical person
Jesus the Christ
the chosen one/the son of God
Bible
sacred text of the Christian tradition
Old Testament
from ancient Israel (before Jesus)
New Testament
made up of Gospels and letters (about Jesus)
religion
set of beliefs and practices that bring a group of people together most typically related to the metaphysical realm/the divine
religion functional approach
what does it do in society?
religion essentialist approach
-assumes there is a God
-what is the essence?
Psalm
anonymous poetry
2 genres of psalms
Lament and Praise
Lament Psalm
prayers to God asking to fix their trouble
Praise Psalm
prayers to God thanking him for what he has done (after being helped)
Parallelism
poetic technique where writers repeat grammatically similar words or parts of a sentence
summary of psalm 8
(what it says about people)
-humans are under angels and above animals
-humans are rulers over God’s creation (danger and greed)
-crowned humans with glory and honor
summary of psalm 14
(what it says about people)
-evildoers are corrupt and sinful
-humans are righteous and God is with them
summary of psalm 139
(what it says about people)
-people are made and known by God
-progression from claustrophobic to making peace near God
sin/sinner
-act against divine will
-violates God’s will
-makes you guilty
righteous
morally right
Augustine
theologian, philosopher, and bishop in Rome
persecution
punishment because of beliefs, Christians were persecuted because Christianity was not a legal religion until Constantine made it one
Constantine
-roman emperor
-has a vision where he accepts throne with the sign of the cross
-declares Christianity a legal religion
-later declares Christianity as only religion
Manicheanism
believes person is a spirit trapped in a body
Donatists
-Christian group
-believes Christians who gave up faith to not get executed should not be leaders in the church
the “Pear Tree” incident
-Augestine and friends stole pears from neighbor
-did it for sake of the crime
-threw pears at pigs
-connects to good vs evil
-similar to Adam and Eve
guilt
state of being not right with God
original sin
-every human is damaged
-from Adam and Eve’s mistake
