Theology: Christian traditions Flashcards
The Protestant view of ecclesiastical history
formulation
corruption
loss of the gospel
restoration
Martin Luther
Augustinian monk
imputed righteousness
unearned righteousness given to us by God
Plenary indulgences
In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (Latin: indulgentia, from indulgeo, ‘permit’) is “a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins”.[1] The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes an indulgence as “a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and all of the saints”.[2]
The recipient of an indulgence must perform an action to receive it. This is most often the saying (once, or many times) of a specified prayer, but may also include the visiting of a particular place, or the performance of specific good works.
Indulgences were introduced to allow for the remission of the severe penances of the early church and granted at the intercession of Christians awaiting martyrdom or at least imprisoned for the faith.[3] The church teaches that indulgences draw on the treasury of merit accumulated by Christ’s superabundantly meritorious sacrifice on the cross and the virtues and penances of the saints.[4] They are granted for specific good works and prayers[4] in proportion to the devotion with which those good works are performed or prayers recited.[5]
What did Marin Luther see as a major corruption within the catholic church?
plenary indulgences that were sold for money
Concerning plenary indulgences, what was martin Luther’s question to the pope
If the pope has the ability to pardon sinners and release those who have paid from purgatory, then why not just release everyone from the goodness of his heart
Why was the catholic church selling plenary indulgences?
To raise money for the building of the st.peters basilica.
Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus
Roman catholic church’s response to the protestant reformation
Outside the church their is no salvation
Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus
Roman catholic church’s response to the protestant reformation
Outside the church their is no salvation, because the church is the minister of grace through the sacraments
Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus
Roman catholic church’s response to the protestant reformation
Outside the church, there is no salvation because the church is the minister of grace through the sacraments
Roman catholic sacraments
rituals that administer or impart the grace of God that can only come from the church
Martin Luther’s response to the Roman Catholic’s doctrine of “Extra Ecclesiam”
Christianity stands or falls upon the doctrine of justification
The Roman Catholic view of ecclesiastical history
Formulation
Establishing
Corruption of morals
Restoration
The council of hippo and carthage
To define the cannon of the Gospel
What is the scripture used by the Roman Catholic church to justify their doctrines of papal infallibillity and extra ecclesiam? and what is the protestant response to this?
Peter’s Confession
13 When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven! 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” 20 Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
The Roman Catholic Church’s interpretation of this is that the rock is peter and the church, whereas the protestant interpretation is that the rock is not Peter but his confession that Christ is the son of God.
What was the doctrine that the orthodox and the catholic church split over in 1054?
Leavened and unleavened bread
Major traditions within the protestant movement
Reformed
Arminian
Charismatic
Liberals
Reformed tradition
The doctrine of the will of man:
Holds to the doctrine of man’s depravity. That man is a limited being and so his free will is also limited. That man on his own is incapable of searching for or desiring and choosing God, and so God through his spirit has to prompt and enable man to choose God.
Major traditions within the protestant movement
Reformed Arminian Charismatic Liberals Fundamentalism Evangelical
Liberal tradition
Natural Theology: Holds that scripture is not inspired, nothing is supernatural, and that some parts of the bible is false, but never the less it is useful for living a good life
Arminian tradition
The doctrine of the will of man:
Man does have the ability to choose or not choose God.
Liberal tradition
Natural Theology: Holds that scripture is not inspired, nothing is supernatural, and that some parts of the bible is false, but never the less it is useful for living a good life
You basically go to church to hear a good story, not to hear the bible
Fundamentalism tradition
Started as a movement to combat natural theology and liberalism, by adhering to the fundamentals of faith but eventually start rejecting all of culture.
Defines Church not by the essentials by the nonessentials
charismatic
Response to liberalism’s natural theology
focuses on the things of the spirit, like spiritual gifts
Evangelical
In essentials, unity, in non-essentials liberty
The start of church history
Officially, the history of the church begins at Pentecost, which is documented in the Acts of the Apostles and took place in 33 A.D. During Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles and the people who had gathered and they began to speak in tongues.
How did the church become the religion of state?
In 313 CE, the emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which granted Christianity—as well as most other religions—legal status. … In 380 CE, the emperor Theodosius issued the Edict of Thessalonica, which made Christianity, specifically Nicene Christianity, the official religion of the Roman Empire.
