Vocabulary
define heterodoxy/heresy
false teaching/other teaching
define apologists
people who wrote to defend their faith
define orthodoxy and henotheism
right worship
belief in multiple gods but only worship one god
What was the name of the important person that gets credit for the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
define monotheism, polytheism, and henotheism
belief and worship of one god
belief and worship of multiple gods
belief in multiple gods but worship of one
define pagan and deity
worshiper of none of the major religions
a god or goddess
What did Ignatius want people to NOT do?
free him from getting martyred
What was the key theological debate discussed in the Catholic church that was phrased as
'______ vs. _______'
and who was on which side?
faith vs. works
define martyr and cult of the emperor
someone who died for their faith
forcing people to worship the emperor of rome as a god
Text Analysis: What is Arius saying about himself and trying to communicate?:
In accordance with the faith of the elect of God, God's sage servants,
holy and orthodox, who had received God's holy Spirit
I learned these things from participants in wisdom,
skillful, taught by God in every way and wise.
In their steps came I, stepping with the same Opinions,
that he is believing and teaching all of the same things that his teachers told him.... who were following in accordance with the disciples of jesus
what were two stories that we read that discuss martyrdom? and briefly describe what they said
pliny/trajan; ignatius; acts of paul and thecla
Which side in the Reformation (Protestant or Catholic) claimed the Bible verse: James 2.14-17
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
the Catholic side
define catechumen and relic
an early believer of christianity who is learning about the faith before being baptized
important religious artifact
The author is summarizing different heretical teachings of Arius. What are three things that we can tell Arians believed?
I have roused myself to show you the faithlessness of those who say that there was a time when the Son of God did not exist and that the one who did not exist previously came to be later, and when this one came to exist, even then he came into existence just as every human has come into existence. "For," they say, "God made all things out of nothing," including in this creation all things rational and irrational, even the Son of God. Consequently, they say also that he is of a mutable nature, capable of virtue and of evil. And by supposing that he came out of nothing, they utterly abolish the sacred writings about his eternal being, which indicate the immutability of the Word and the divinity of the wisdom of the Word, which is Christ (cf. 1 Cor 1:24). These wretches say: "So we can also become Sons of God, just like he did," ( 12) because it is written, "I have begotten and exalted them" (Isa 1 :2).
there was a time when Jesus did not exist
God made Jesus (out of nothing)Jesus is capable of sinning and virtue
they can become sons of God
Text Analysis: What are they talking about? And what does Thecla think will happen after she receives it?
And Thecla said, ''Only give me the seal in Christ, and no temptation shall touch me." And Paul said, ''Thecla, be patient; you shall receive the water.”
Baptism... and that she will not be tempted post receiving it
What were the three internal things in the Catholic Church that contributed to the reformation?
- simony and lay investiture
- corrupt teachings/practices
- corrupt leaders
define novatianism and lapsi
christians who abandoned their faith in fear of persecution
a heresy that said churches could not accept christians who had abandoned their faith
Text Analysis: who wrote this? and what are they trying to say?
The ambitious and greedy plot of scoundrels has been hatched against those provinces that have always seemed more important, through various pretexts inflicted by certain people on ecclesiastical piety. Driven mad by the devil operating within them, galloping away from all reverence into whatever desire happens to grip them, they trample the fear of God’s judgment.
Alexander... trying to call Arius and his followers bad names and insult them as following the Devil and hating God
what were two differences between the Acts and Galatians account of the 'Council of Jerusalem'
different people who came; different conclusions; different authority markers; different evangelists (paul and barnabas were to go to uncircumcised and them to circumcised)
what were the three external things that contributed to the Reformation?
- the fall of Constantinople in 1453
- the updating of the Printing Press
- Monarchies > Feudalism