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Eschatalogical

Theological term meaning something concerned with death, judgement, final state of soul and humankind.

Parousia

Greek word meaning "coming." Promise of the return of Christ.

Episcopacy

Greek, meaning "oversight." Term given to early leaders of Church.

Soteriological

Necessary for salvation (i.e baptism).

Gnosticism

World and body are evil, spirit is not. Salvation is through gnosis (knowledge), not Christ.

Marcion (person)

Rejected all of the O.T, most of N.T


Forced Christians to ahve to canonize scripture.

The Apostle's Creed

List of historical aspects and tenets of faith.


Emphasizes godhead, body of Christ, missionary work.

Tertullian (person)

Introduced trinitarian notion, wanted to intellectualize the faith.

Justin Martyr

Like the Philo of Judaism, wanted to align Christianity with Greek thought. No conflict with the two.

Arius

Believed Jesus was not eternal, but created. He was liable to sin.

Athanasius

Convened council of Nicea.

Constantine

"Conquer in this sign." He attributed victory to God, converted.


Came out with Edict of MIlan.

Edict of Milan

Christianity publicly tolrated and accepted.

Augustine

He was weeping over sorrows and heard "pickup and read." He opened the Bible and had conversion.

Pelegian Contreversy

Whether we sin for ourself or are accountable for Adam's transgression.

Christology

Understanding who Jesus was.

Rules of Faith

Document of early and main teachings of bishops.

Council of Chalcedon

God and Christ are one person, but in different forms. Same essense.

Council of Nicaea

Jesus is also the Father, His relationship with Him.

Dyophysitism

Christ is a demi-God.

Christendom

Culture and religion mixed.

Clovis

King of Franks, became a Christian.Marked beginning of religion and government intermixing.

Imperium

Pope holds secular power.

Sacerdoitum

Pope holds religious authority.

Pope Boniface 8th

Gave greater power to Popes. Suggested infallibility.

Anchoritic Monastic Orders

Withdraw from society, life of prayer/silence.

Benedictines

Rigorous study, meditation, self-sufficiency.

Clunic Fathers

Liked big churches, against Benedictines.

Cisterians

Fought against Clunic fathers. Hated the big churches liked the poor.

Mendicant Monastic Orders

Believed in being with the people, the poor. Adopted lifestyle of poverty, preaching.

Pope Urban 2

Preached sermon calling for rise against Turks and Muslims. Started Crusades.

Question of Filoque

Did the Spirit originate from Father AND THE SON, or just Father?

Cappadocian Fathers

Three men that made significant contributions to orthodox theology. Cryllic (from Cyril) alphabet a result. Huge success in Slavic nation.

Anselm of Canterbury

Tried to find synthesis between faith and reason.

Satisfaction Theory

All sin demands justice, only Christ could appease justice and offer mercy, but needed to be mortal to do it.

Thomas Aquainas' Five Ways to Prove God (UCCGT)

Unmoved Mover


Cause-effect


Contingent existence


Graduation


Teleological argument. (God wouldnt create anything without reason to)

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.

Catherine of Siena

Mystic. Helped victims of Black Death.


Believed marriage was best way to describe union with God.

Julian of Norwhich.

Long visions of God. Emphasied love. Evil overcome by love, like light and darkness.

Teresa of Avila

Spanish. Move closer to Christ, light also increases.

Venial Sin

Unintentional

Mortal Sin

Intentional

Diet of Worms

Council where Luther given chance to recant. He did not.

Double Predestination

God predestines some to heaven and others to hell.

Huldrich Zwingli

Held mass in German.


Against infant baptism.

Conrad Grebel

He and friends broke away from Zwingli, form anabaptist movement.

Council of Trent

Catholics/protestants tried to have dialogue, but pope, latin, celibacy, reverement of saints, all upheld.

Epiphany

Orthodox celebration of 3 wisemen.

William Wilberforce

Worked to eliminate slavery, as it contradicted Christinaity.

Deism

God created earth but lets us figure things out, no intervention (vs. opposite of thiesm).

Vatican 1

Council where roman catholocism held ground, papal infallibility was re emphasized.

Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)

Religion deceptive, makes people closed minded. (An antichrist).

Karl Barth (1886-1968)

Didn't like the culture of Christianity and its difference with Christ's teachings.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)

Justified wrongdoing because of extenuating cirumstances (like killing Hitler).


Wrote 16 volumes.


Died in WW2

Liberation Theology

Used Christianity to fight oppression, poverty.

Ecumencical Movement

Sought to unite Christian churches.

Vatican 2

Again sought to update Catholocism, minimal progress.