major issues of Council of Jerusalem (Apostolic Synod)
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Judaizing;
- circumcision
- dietary
prohibitions by Council of Jerusalem
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- eating meat w/ blood
- eating meat offered to idols
- eating meat from strangled animals
- fornication
1st Ec. Council held where & when
Nicea, 325
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Nicean Councils where which
- 1st in 325
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major issue(s) of 1st Council of Nicea
arianism
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Arianism addressed at which Ec. Council
1st of Nicea
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major outcome(s) of 1st Ec. Council
- Son is “of the substance” and “consubstantial”
- Son is begotten not made
- Trinitarian doctrine (1 essence), esp Father as sole cause
-> Nicean Creed (built from earlier)
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Arianism misbelief(s) (9)
1 there was a time when God was not the Father
2 the Son was made; a creature, a work, not of substance/essence of Father
3 Son is neither the Word nor the Wisdom of the Father
- put forth in “Thalia”
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Semi-Arians misbelief(s)
Son is of “similar” essence w/ the Father
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Which heresy claimed: Son is made and not of substance of Father
Arianism
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Anti-Arian arguments
- Son is God’s Wisdom, a time when he wasn’t would imply a time with no Wisdom
- only creatures come from nothingness
- creatures have no similarity with Creator
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who was the key anti-Arian?
Athanasius the Great
who was the key anti-Arian?
Athanasius the Great
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de-mythologizing is what
separating ethical teachings from the historical events
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intellectualism and scholasticism are characterized by
separating the “outward facts” from the “inward experience” of the saints 1
naturalistic approach characterized by/effects
- separating work of the Holy Spirit from historical phenomena
- denies Church as the Body of Christ 1
Ecclesiology: Orth v Hetero
- Orth: each local Church is the totality of the One, as each experiences Eucharist headed by a bishop.
- Hetero: each church’s unity is through union w/ successor of the chief Apostle
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Ebionites were…
Jewish sect who saw Jesus as a prophet or messiah,
but not Son of God
Ebionites were…
Jewish sect who saw Jesus as a prophet or messiah,
but not Son of God
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Jewish feasts vs. Christian rites
- Jewish seen as figures of Christian rites
- Christian rites gave a new and real content
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Tradition
apostolic continutiy and
the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit
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Why 1st seven deacons
to help distribute aid to poor, to free Apostles’ time
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Simon Magus
Cyril “inventor of all heresies”
- tried to buy ability to lay on hands & deliver Holy Spirit
- cast out by Apostles
- claimed to be the one on Mt Sinai
Nicolatians
named for Nicolaus, one of 70 offered others wife
