CH5: Father, Apologist, Core Values Flashcards
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They are generally divided into four categories based on when or where they lived: the ______,_____,______,______
The Apostolic Fathers,
the Greek (Eastern) Fathers,
The Latin (Western) Fathers,
the Desert Fathers
Characteristics are required to be considered a Father of the Church
Antiquity
Doctrinal orthodoxy
Personal sanctity
Approval by the Church
(Characteristics to be a Father) ancient times
antiquity
(Characteristics to be a Father) acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity.
Doctrinal orthodoxy
(Characteristics to be a Father) holiness of life and character
Personal sanctity
The fathers who wrote in Latin are called…?
The Latin Fathers
(The Latin Fathers)
They were
St. Ambrose,
St. Augustine,
St. Jerome,
St. Gregory I
St. Isidore.
The Church Fathers’ Works/Functions
Apologetics
Polemics
Christian Apologists
(Church Fathers’ Works/Functions) It is a religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse.
Apologetics
(Church Fathers’ Works/Functions)
comes from the Greek word ‘_______’ (speaking in ______)
Apologetics, apologia, defense
(Church Fathers’ Works/Functions) generally denotes the art of controversy and disputation.
Polemics
(Church Fathers’ Works/Functions) refers to the early Christian writers (c. ______ to ______) who defend their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders.
Christian Apologists, c. 120-220
- any of the Christian writers, primarily in the 2nd century, who attempted to provide a defense of Christianity and criticisms of paganism and other aspects of Greco-Roman culture.
Apologist
Many of their writings were addressed to Roman emperors, and it is probable that the writings were actually sent to government secretaries who were empowered to accept or reject them.
Apologist
The heresies he was refuting during Augustine’s time were _________ and ______________.
Donatism, Pelagianism
Augustine, having a brilliant mind, powerfully refuted ______ _____ ___________ (_____ _________) as well as heresies that threatened to divide and corrupt the church.
prevailing pagan philosophies (including Manichaeanism)
is a theological doctrine or system rejected as false by ecclesiastical authority
heresy
Heresies Encountered by St. Augustine
Donatism, pelagianism
“Christ is the true minister of every Sacrament even if the person celebrating the Sacrament is in a state of sin.” For St. Augustine separated the worthiness of the priest from the validity of the Sacrament
St. Augustine’s Response to the Donatism
(Heresy Encountered by St. Augustine) Donatus was consecrated in 313 AD as Bishop of Carthage and Primate of North Africa, the leader of the Christian sect which came to be known as the Donatist sect, even though Donatus was not the founding leader, but rather followed the founding leader Majorinus
Donatism
The heresy of _________ lay not primarily in the denial of particular Catholic doctrines but in the assertion that only “sinless” men could administer the sacraments validly.
Donatism
__________ also called Pelagian heresy, a 5th-century Christian heresy taught by __________ and his followers that stressed the essential goodness of human nature and the freedom of the human will.
Pelagianism, Pelagius
Pelagianism, also called Pelagian heresy, a 5th-century Christian heresy taught by Pelagius and his followers that stressed the essential goodness of _________ ________ and the _____ __ ___ _______ ____
human nature, freedom of the human will
Meaning of Spirituality
It refers to building relationship with God; It defines as the love and devotion to God (Ps. 1:2; 51:6).
