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Week One: early church 100-500 Flashcards

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Around which year did roman authorities realise there was a new secret society at the heart of the city?

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60

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what were the rumoured names of the figure the new secret sect was based upon?

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‘chrestus’ ‘Christus’

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when was the great fire that swept through Rome during the reign of Nero?

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64

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who was blamed for the great fire in Rome

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the new mysterious religion

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why did Rome blame christians for the fire of Rome?

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to cover up their own failings for the fire and its aftermath

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why was historian Tacitus (56-117) significant?

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he gave the secret group the name ‘christians’ after giving an account of the fire which happened 50 years earlier

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where did the name ‘christians’ come from?

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Tacitus gave it to the new religious cult in Rome. based of of the name Christus. a man who had been executed by Polonius pilate. ‘pernicious superstition’ had found its way to Rome.

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where did pernicious superstition spread from and too?

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Judea to Rome

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what happened to those who pleaded guilty for their association with the group/ fire?

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arrested, immense conviction, not for the crime of the fire tho, more for hating humanity.

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wha did the Christ’s group pose a threat to?

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the cult of the emperor worship

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how did christianity appear in the contest of judaism?

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as a reform movement

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how did early christians refer to each other?

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as ‘disciples’ or ‘saints’

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who used the term ‘christians’

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outsiders used it to refer to people who followed Jesus of Nazareth

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what was the form of the early Christian movement?

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diverse, not well defined, no clear authority or defined belief system

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what is the ‘patristic period’?

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c.100-451 a time when christianity began to expand rapidly throughout the Mediterranean and beyond

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originally, what position did christianity take in regards to judaism?

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they saw themselves as continuous with Judaism

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which God did christians worship?

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the same God worshipped by patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

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what does the name Jesus Christ mean?

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Jesus who is the christ

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what is the title ‘Christ’ a demonstration of?

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the hope for a new messiah to save the people of Israel

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what does messiah mean?

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the anointed one

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what demonstrates Christianity’s continuity with Judaism?

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Judaism emphasises the following of the law (Torah) and Jesus emphasises that he did not come to abolish the law but to fulfil it (Matt 5:17)

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generally what texts did early christians read?

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the same as jews: Law, Prophets and Writings.

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who thought there should be no ties with Judaism?

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Marcion of Sinope

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what was different about the way jews and christians read their text?

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they interpreted the same text differently

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what 2 things did the New Testament emphasise?
Old Testament prophesies were fulfilled by the life and death of Jesus Christ and christianity brings judaism into fulfilment.
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what is a central question in Paul's letters?
whether christians should still be circumcised
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who favoured circumcision
those who were still loyal to jewish law, those who emphasised the continuation between jews and christians
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which thought prevailed in regards to circumcision?
christians were no longer subject to cultic laws of Judaism
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when did christians see themselves as a new religious movement?
late first century
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why did christians have to live in the shadows of society even though they had roots in Judaism, which was a 'legal religion'
they didn't have imperial legal protection
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what were christians subject to at the end of first century?
persecution, oppression, no power or social influence
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christianises origins were in Palestine, but where did it begin to grow outside of palatine?
greek speaking world, the cities of the Roman Empire
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where did Paul take his mission?
cities and regions throughout the north eastern Mediterranean, including Europe
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an early example of sermons in Palestine which emphasised Jesus' fulfilment of the hope of Israel and the Old Testament
Peters Sermon (Acts 2)
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why could sermons in Greek speaking regions be approached differently?
they had no knowledge of the Old Testament or the history of Israel
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how did Paul present Jesus/ God to the greeks?
as the fulfilment of the deepest longings of the human heart and the most profound intuitions of human reason
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why did Paul present Jesus in such a way to please the greeks
the importance of greek philosophy. incorporated greek philosophical themes such as 'logos' the word, a rational principle of the universe in platonic tradition
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where is logos developed in the New Testament?
in the beginning of John's Gospel. Jesus is 'the word' by which the world was originally created
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what did 'logos' demonstrate?
Christianity's universal appeal. how it could capture resonance in every human culture
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what do the gospels reflect on?
theology and historical recollection. focusing on both the significance and the identity of Jesus
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difference between Matthew and Luke?
Matthew specifies the continuity between christianity and Judaism and Luke focuses on convincing a greek audience
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why was 'what Jesus thought' important in the gospels?
important to help believers live an authentic christian lifestyle, develop humility towards others and obedience towards God
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why was 'what `Jesus did' important in the Gospels?
to establish Jesus' identity. aspects of what he did, e.g. healing people, were adopted by medieval monasteries when they established hospitals.
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why is 'what people said about Jesus' important in the gospels?
public recognition of Jesus and his identity
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what were the 'epistles' and what are their significance?
letters addressed to different churches, focus on issues of conduct and belief. key to understanding the significance of Jesus within the christian community
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epistle emphasise...
imitation Jesus' actions like treating others how you would like to be treated etc.. (Philippians 2)
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themes of Jesus revealed in the letters which became characteristic of christian communities
1) Jesus was a way of making the invisible God visible 2) Jesus is the one who makes salvation possible 3) the resurrection is a sign of his divinity, hope and the present nature of God
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when did christianity rapidly spread?
end of the first and start of the second century
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one primary mechanism of Christianity's spread?
public preaching, e.g. Paul's mission
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how were networks a mechanism of christianity's growth?
loose organisation based in specific professions who organised secret meeting which interested outsiders were invited to
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how was trade and commerce a mechanism for christianity's spread?
preachers and teachers would attend house churches where they had business
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why was the spread of christianity hard in the early stages?
no centralised bishops, church buildings/ cathedrals, no standardised model of community
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why did people convert to christianity despite the risks?
new sense of identity and status, achieving belonging and achieving significance and meaning under roman rule
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why did the hierarchical form of the Roman Empire encourage people to convert to christianity?
because christianity minimises socially constructed values e.g. Galatians 3:28
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why did s=christianity appeal to those at the base of roman society?
christian values allowed these people to develop an elevated sense of self worth and value
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who were people at the base of society?
women, slaves, those with illness
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what was/ integral to the christian community?
social outreach to the sick, poor, needy and other marginalised groups
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where is the term apostle derived from?
the greek verb 'apostelein' = 'to send'
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according to the New Testament, what was Paul responsible for?
establishing christian churches in many parts of the Mediterranean world
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how did scattered individual communities of christians see themselves in relation to a larger universal community referred to later in the NT?
communities remained in contact with each other through travelling teachers who visited clusters of churches and shared integral documents, some which remain in the NT
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how did pastoral epistles see faith?
as sets of teachings which should be passed down from generation to generation
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why were pastoral epistles significant?
important in developing the institutionalisation of faith and the exploration of Ecclesiastical structure best suited for future generations of the church
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how did the faith of early christians seem?
diverse but by the early second century they seemed to develop some theological unity over the worship of christ
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how should we describe early christianity and its function?
not as a single tradition but multiple networks of groups and individuals who existed in different social, cultural and linguistic traditions.
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why was christianity not uniform?
because they had no authority structure
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when did diversity in the christian faith appear
right from the beginning, it wasn't developed later in the movement as many believe.
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which gospel emphasises the integral role of women in the Jesus movement/ spreading the gospel
Luke / Acts
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how are women seen as integral evangelists in Luke/ Acts?
Acts states that Women showed hospitality to missionaries in Europe e.g. Lydia who made her home available as a house church and staging posts for missionaries.
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what does Luke emphasise?
that within christianity Women gained a better social status than in Judaism and offered them significant roles in the evangelistic and pastoral ministry of the early church
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who does Luke single out as a couple who drove evangelic practices?
pricilla and Aquila
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who does Paul commend to the Roman Church?
'our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church' (Romans 16:1)

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