City of God
What is “The City of God”? Who created it?
“The City of God” is a book of Christian Philosophy. Augustine of Hippo created it during the early 5th century AD
Who are the Donatists and where are their churches located?
A group named after Donatus, a bishop of Carthage in North Africa. Their Churches are located in Africa.
What do Pelagians believe?
That original sin did not affect human nature. Humans are able to choose between good and evil without special divine aid
Validity of REAL baptism depended on the ____________ of the priest or bishop who administered it.
worthiness
who wrote detailed discussions of grace?
augustine
What was the purpose of Christianity?
To build the city of God
Through whose influence did the Donatists position die out?
Augustine
What is the difference between Pelagians and Alcoholics Anonymous?
Alcoholics Anonymous refutes the Pelagian belief in human willpower that they can overcome the addiction on their own.
In Augustine’s teaching, what was his opinion on the validity on a sacrament?
It did not come from how good or sinless the minister was. It's validity came from God, who works through weak and imperfect human beings.
Augustine argued that without God’s grace, what can happen?
More sin and injustice would be in the world
What are the two realms Augustine mentions, and how are they different?
The city of God and the city of Man. The city of God consists of those who trust in God and live in service and love, whereas the city of Man is for those who only pursue selfish interests and their own gratification
The validity of a sacrament (in Augustine's teachings) did not come from how ____ or ___ the minister was
Pure, Sinless
What was the point Pelagians were trying to get across?
That people need to take responsibility for their actions
During the time where Christians were persecuted by Roman authorities, Christians denied their faith in the face of torture and death.
T or F: Donatists say that such denial could be forgiven as long as you go to confession.
Donatists maintain that such denial could never be forgiven (F)
How did Pelagians extended the argument that human actions are dependent on themselves rather than on God?
They denied the need for God’s grace to save people.
What was an actual reason why Rome and several other cities fell?
Rebellion against Christianity was a major reason why Rome and several other cities fell.
The Donatists’ position seemed to leave no room for _________ and ____
God’s Power and Grace
What were the Pelagians reacting against? And where was it most apparent?
Moral laxity and throughout Roman culture
What did Donatists say about bishops and priests were were disloyal or cooperated with Roman authorities?
Bishops and priests who are disloyal or who cooperated with the Roman authorities could never again give REAL baptism.
What are two parts of the doctrine, about grace, that Augustine affirmed
1) Because of Adam and Eve humans inherited the tendency to sin
2) Without God’s grace humans are not able to overcome this tendency
Who is Augustine? Where was he the bishop?
Augustine was a Roman African, early Christian theologian, and Philosopher from Numidia. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa.
How did the Donatists react to The Christians deny for their faith?
The donatists maintained that such denial could never be forgiven, and that bishops who has been disloyal or who had cooperated with the roman authorities could never again give real baptism
What are two steps from the “ twelve-step” programs?
(choose from two of the following)
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
According to Augustine, a sacrament was from __________ and _____________
God and “ex opere operato” (Latin for "from the work carried out”).
What was Augustine's main point on grace?
“The grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord must be understood as that by which alone men are delivered from evil, and without which they do absolutely no good thing.”