christianity #3

date of book of acts

90s

were the letters or the acts written first

acts

theme of acts

bio of the holy spirit

resurrection

what acts starts with

Acts 1:8

resurrection

acts 2

coming of the HS, pentecost, reversal of babel

acts 6

hellenistic and hebrew are all jews

acts 10

cornelius (god-fearer)

acts 9

conversion of paul, “the way”

paul

apostle of the gentiles, pharisees, diaspora jew

how does the acts end

paul gets arrested and claims roman citizenship

how many letters of paul

13

disputed letters of paul

1-2 timothy, titus, 2 thess, colossians, ephesians

things diff in disputed

historical context, style, lang, vocab

occasional letters

in response to event/occasion

proof texting

picking out one verse to prove your point

included in letter

from, to, greeting, thanksgiving

how was paul raised

greek

date of 1 thess

50 ce

1 thess vs galatians

most loving vs angriest

Judaizers

believe you have to follow jewish law to be Christian

ecumenical

all parts of church represented in some way

justified

to be made right

letters

epistles

antinomianism

against law

The Love Chapter

Corinth 13

shortest letter of paul

Philemon

onesimus

philemon’s runaway slave

johannine literature

gospel, 1-3 john letters, book of revelation

asia minor

where the 7 cities in revelation are

what emphasizes the divinity of jesus

gospel of john

orthodoxy

idea of standard belief

heresy

wrong/rejected belief

docetism

heresy that jesus seemed to be human but wasn’t

ebionism

heresy that jesus was only human and not divine

666/616

Nero/Antichrist

2 factors causing split between christianity and judaism

churches increasing acceptance of Gentiles and the temple destruction in 70

2 rituals

baptism and communion

bishop

organizes churches in a city

apology

written defense of christianity

apostilicity

it came from someone who knew Jesus

catechism

learning/training to prepare for baptism

nero

emperor in 64 when most of rome burned

domitian

emperor after Nero, died in 96, persecution, emperor worship

trajan

really powerful builder, died in 117, chiller w/ christians

diocletian

emperor around 300, wanted to destroy christianity

Gnosticism

radical dualism, revealed knowledge, like a cult

marcionism

wealthy businessman, gnostic, rejected ot

constantine

brought a lot of change to christianity in 4th cent

312

Battle of Milvian Bridge

313

Edict of Milan (legalizes christianity)

379

Theodosius makes christianity official religion of roman empire, begins imperial christianity

330

Byzantium becomes Constantinople (capital of roman empire)

320

Monasticism (ex monks)

eremetical

indiv. retreat into wilderness alone

cenobitic

common life

vow of…

poverty, celibacy, obedience

arianism

heresy saying that jesus was partly human and partly divine