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Eschatalogical |
Theological term meaning something concerned with death, judgement, final state of soul and humankind. |
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Parousia |
Greek word meaning "coming." Promise of the return of Christ. |
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Episcopacy |
Greek, meaning "oversight." Term given to early leaders of Church. |
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Soteriological |
Necessary for salvation (i.e baptism). |
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Gnosticism |
World and body are evil, spirit is not. Salvation is through gnosis (knowledge), not Christ. |
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Marcion (person) |
Rejected all of the O.T, most of N.T Forced Christians to ahve to canonize scripture. |
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The Apostle's Creed |
List of historical aspects and tenets of faith. Emphasizes godhead, body of Christ, missionary work. |
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Tertullian (person) |
Introduced trinitarian notion, wanted to intellectualize the faith. |
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Justin Martyr |
Like the Philo of Judaism, wanted to align Christianity with Greek thought. No conflict with the two. |
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Arius |
Believed Jesus was not eternal, but created. He was liable to sin. |
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Athanasius |
Convened council of Nicea. |
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Constantine |
"Conquer in this sign." He attributed victory to God, converted. Came out with Edict of MIlan. |
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Edict of Milan |
Christianity publicly tolrated and accepted. |
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Augustine |
He was weeping over sorrows and heard "pickup and read." He opened the Bible and had conversion. |
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Pelegian Contreversy |
Whether we sin for ourself or are accountable for Adam's transgression. |
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Christology |
Understanding who Jesus was. |
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Rules of Faith |
Document of early and main teachings of bishops. |
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Council of Chalcedon |
God and Christ are one person, but in different forms. Same essense. |
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Council of Nicaea |
Jesus is also the Father, His relationship with Him. |
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Dyophysitism |
Christ is a demi-God. |
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Christendom |
Culture and religion mixed. |
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Clovis |
King of Franks, became a Christian.Marked beginning of religion and government intermixing. |
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Imperium |
Pope holds secular power. |
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Sacerdoitum |
Pope holds religious authority. |
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Pope Boniface 8th |
Gave greater power to Popes. Suggested infallibility. |
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Anchoritic Monastic Orders |
Withdraw from society, life of prayer/silence. |
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Benedictines |
Rigorous study, meditation, self-sufficiency. |
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Clunic Fathers |
Liked big churches, against Benedictines. |
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Cisterians |
Fought against Clunic fathers. Hated the big churches liked the poor. |
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Mendicant Monastic Orders |
Believed in being with the people, the poor. Adopted lifestyle of poverty, preaching. |
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Pope Urban 2 |
Preached sermon calling for rise against Turks and Muslims. Started Crusades. |
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Question of Filoque |
Did the Spirit originate from Father AND THE SON, or just Father? |
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Cappadocian Fathers |
Three men that made significant contributions to orthodox theology. Cryllic (from Cyril) alphabet a result. Huge success in Slavic nation. |
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Anselm of Canterbury |
Tried to find synthesis between faith and reason. |
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Satisfaction Theory |
All sin demands justice, only Christ could appease justice and offer mercy, but needed to be mortal to do it. |
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Thomas Aquainas' Five Ways to Prove God (UCCGT) |
Unmoved Mover Cause-effect Contingent existence Graduation Teleological argument. (God wouldnt create anything without reason to) |
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Meister Eckhardt |
Mystic. Believed Christianity bcame too intellectualized. Believed in mystic union where God's spirit unites with soul and we become one with Him and we receive pre-fall state. |
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Catherine of Siena |
Mystic. Helped victims of Black Death. Believed marriage was best way to describe union with God. |
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Julian of Norwhich. |
Long visions of God. Emphasied love. Evil overcome by love, like light and darkness. |
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Teresa of Avila |
Spanish. Move closer to Christ, light also increases. |
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Venial Sin |
Unintentional |
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Mortal Sin |
Intentional |
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Diet of Worms |
Council where Luther given chance to recant. He did not. |
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Double Predestination |
God predestines some to heaven and others to hell. |
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Huldrich Zwingli |
Held mass in German. Against infant baptism. |
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Conrad Grebel |
He and friends broke away from Zwingli, form anabaptist movement. |
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Council of Trent |
Catholics/protestants tried to have dialogue, but pope, latin, celibacy, reverement of saints, all upheld. |
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Epiphany |
Orthodox celebration of 3 wisemen. |
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William Wilberforce |
Worked to eliminate slavery, as it contradicted Christinaity. |
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Deism |
God created earth but lets us figure things out, no intervention (vs. opposite of thiesm). |
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Vatican 1 |
Council where roman catholocism held ground, papal infallibility was re emphasized. |
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Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872) |
Religion deceptive, makes people closed minded. (An antichrist). |
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Karl Barth (1886-1968) |
Didn't like the culture of Christianity and its difference with Christ's teachings. |
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) |
Justified wrongdoing because of extenuating cirumstances (like killing Hitler). Wrote 16 volumes. Died in WW2 |
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Liberation Theology |
Used Christianity to fight oppression, poverty. |
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Ecumencical Movement |
Sought to unite Christian churches. |
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Vatican 2 |
Again sought to update Catholocism, minimal progress. |