Week 12 Flashcards
3 topics at the center of Church History:
A person - Jesus
A people - The Church
A Way of Life - The Christian Life
A person - Jesus
A people - The Church
A Way of Life - The Christian Life
3 topics at the center of Church History:
2 aspects of the “timing” of Church History:
Concerns Salvation History, which starts in the Bible but continues in the Church
Spans from the first coming of Christ until the second coming of Christ
Concerns Salvation History, which starts in the Bible but continues in the Church
Spans from the first coming of Christ until the second coming of Christ
2 aspects of the “timing” of Church History:
3 lessons given to us by Church History:
Things we need to imitate: study of the saints
Salutary warnings: study of persecutions and divisions
Better understanding of theological doctrines: study of the context in which doctrine unfolded, and the saints lived it
Things we need to imitate: study of the saints
Salutary warnings: study of persecutions and divisions
Better understanding of theological doctrines: study of the context in which doctrine unfolded, and the saints lived it
3 lessons given to us by Church History:
Responses to the accusation that Church History is biased:
No historian is purely objective
The facts you select are subjective
The interpretation that you give those facts is subjective
No historian is purely objective
The facts you select are subjective
The interpretation that you give those facts is subjective
Responses to the accusation that Church History is biased:
Responses to the accusation - Church History presents an idealized version of the Church
founding documents of the Church do not present an idealized version of the Church
These were not idealized:
- Apostles (Matt. 16:21-23; John 19:15-27; Galatians 2:11-14)
- People in the first Christian communities (Acts 5:1-11)
- Governance of the Church (Acts 6:1-6)
- People in subsequent Christian communities (1 Corinthians 1:10-31)
Subsequently, Christian writings were not idealized
founding documents of the Church do not present an idealized version of the Church
These were not idealized:
- Apostles (Matt. 16:21-23; John 19:15-27; Galatians 2:11-14)
- People in the first Christian communities (Acts 5:1-11)
- Governance of the Church (Acts 6:1-6)
- People in subsequent Christian communities (1 Corinthians 1:10-31)
Subsequently, Christian writings were not idealized
Responses to the accusation - Church History presents an idealized version of the Church
Elements of Truth, Goodness, Beauty outside the Church can inspire us and help impel Christians towards unity
Protestants: Bible
Orthodox: Liturgy
Pentecostals: Power of the Holy spirit
Protestants: Bible
Orthodox: Liturgy
Pentecostals: Power of the Holy spirit
Elements of Truth, Goodness, Beauty outside the Church can inspire us and help impel Christians towards unity
