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Western Religion Exam 2 Flashcards

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Jesus of History

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who jesus was both from the gospels and archaelogy

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Christ of Faith

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  • diregard the Jesus of history when it is contradictory to faith
  • how the gospels view jesus
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What record of Jesus do we have

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  • Quelle Source- written from the gospels
  • No record of writings or artifacts
  • Comes from other people
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Bias of Jesus

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  • Speak from a faith encouraging a faith
  • Gospel= “good news”
    • place Jesus among most astute perceptive teachers
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Why should we study the individual Gospels?

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  • Each Gospel as the product of an individual author
  • Own interpretation and audience in mind.
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Apostle Paul

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  • No longer had to be a Jew to follow Jesus
  • Went from being a persecuted minority to an acceptance
  • Founder of Christianity
  • no longer needed to be circumzied, no dietary restrictions.
  • What you put in your mout is gone
  • What you put in your heart
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What are Gnostics

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  • Believed Jesus Christ was NOT divine
  • disputed institutional Church and hierachy
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How was Gnosticism a blend of philosoophy and mysticism

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  • Did not want anything in writing
  • writing it corrupted it
  • Subjective, because you can’t observe religious experience
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How did Constantine and Theodosius alter Christianity

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  • Made Christianity a relgion of Roman Empire
  • Spread all over Europe
  • Constantine converted to Christianity, hard to say whether it was for political gain.
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Compromise- Jesus a human being or Jesus as a divine being?

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  • Went against Arian views
  • Adopted Nicene CREED
  • The belief in one God and lord Jesus Christ was the son of God
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Jesus one person with 2 natures

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  • Ephesus
  • Council of Chalcedon
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What does filioque mean

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“and the son”

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Eastern Orthodox and Western Roman Chirstianity

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  • Rome had authority to change what the Church agreed on.
  • Three councils were held, two by Constantinople, one by Rome
  • Orthodox thought Filioque was heresy
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Purpose of Christian Crusades (1099-1204 CE)

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to take back Jersusalem (holy land) from the Muslims. That’s where Jesus spent most of his life.

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What happened at the 4th crusade

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  • Sacked Constantinople
  • worsened the image of the Byzantines in the eyes of the Western powers
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Episcopal Inquisition by Pope Lucius III, 1184 CE

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  • To combat heresy
  • Fear of non-conforming behavior
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What were consequnces of heresy for Episcopal Inquisition

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  • Those who confessed were confined, physically abused or tortured
  • Personal grudges led to accusation of witchcraft
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Mysticism vs Faith

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  • Mysticism- based on experience and your relation to others. A common awareness of the sacred w/o evidence or proof
  • Faith- belif in the union of God and man
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Printing Press

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  • Bible printed center of its teaching
  • Luther translated to Geman instead of Latin, more accessible
  • Left to interpret the book
  • once read they started critiquing the church
  • “this is our source our only source”
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How the Anglican Church separated from Rome?

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  • King Henry 8th wanted to divorce his wife and the Pope said “no” so he separated from the Catholic Church
  • Whatever the religion of the king was the religion of the subjects
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George Fox, Society of Friends

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  • The lord does not dwel in made made churches but in people’s hearts
  • quakers, no church everyone is equal
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Problems Rome had with Chinese missionary, Jesuit Ferdinand?

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  • Jesuits adapted to the country
  • Got too involved
  • Went to China and accepted by Emperor
  • Confuscious is a Saint and blessed him
  • Spoke Chines
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Conversions to Christianity in South America problematic

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  • If you weren’t Christiain/Catholic you couldn’t be saved.
  • 1/3 of population is christian
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Protestant Services

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  • no hierarchical structure
  • Focus more on scripture
  • Central authority are the scriptures
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Catholic Services

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  • Pope head of world wide church
  • Pope is earthly representtative of christ
  • Bible, reason, church tradition and scriptures together
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Science vs Religion

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  • Enlightenment-Science reason with tools
  • Orthodoxy denied development
  • Science does not deny development
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Astronomy

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  • Galileo claimed the earth orbited the sun
  • Church- contrary to scripture
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Biology

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challenged creationsim with the theory of evolution

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What are the 7th day adventists

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guided by the gifts of prophecy

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Jehovah’s Witnesses

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  • Jehovah’s kingdom anticipated of the “end”
  • Door to door missionary work “awake” & “watchtower”
  • Jesus christ is a created being
  • refuse to salute flags or serve in armies, because they see themselves as citizens of another kingdom
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Christian Science

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  • Realitys is spiritual
  • material world is an illusion
  • diseases is a spiritual disorder rather than phys.
  • Most affected when not combined with medical care
  • some were accused of manslaughter and neglect
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Karl Marx

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  • man makes religion, religion doesn’t make man
  • Religion conscious of man whoa has either not yet found himself or has already lost himself.
  • heart of the heartless world.
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Liberation Theology

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  • (karl marx)
  • reaction to poverty caused by social injustics
  • teachings and being liberated from an unjust economic, political and social conditions
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Women a mixed bag

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  • Early jesus had women disciples
  • Patriarchal culture no authoirty role
  • Women priests were considered “outside” a threat.
  • Women nuns had a reputation of being mystics
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Give an example of pathology and how psychology can study a religious situation?

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Jonestown mass suicide & the power of social influences

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Psychology and pathology in behavior

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may not be appropriate to call religious behavior pathological. Psychology can’t observe inner consciousness.

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Love is it true when someone says it? Control over another? Stalker?

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38
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Icons in Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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  • “Thou shalt have no graven images”
  • Images don’t depict God
  • Venerate/Honor
  • “word” pictures- most people were illiterate
  • Visual aids, like the America nflag

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