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1
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said Judaism was all about earning God’s favor

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Martin Luther

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said Luther’s approach to Judaism wasn’t pure; instead he said we have to read Jewish texts; said there was a diversity in Jewish beliefs and Jews don’t see Judaism as works-based, but instead, being God’s chosen people is because of grace and then because of that they obey the law

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E.P. Sanders

3
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said the bulk of theology is in Paul and John’s writings

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Rudolph Boltman

4
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What we say about how to run a church

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ecclesiology

5
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writes about destroying pseudopigraphies

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Livy

6
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said gods don’t exist so they can’t harm you, so you should enjoy life. People take his philosophy and run with it, tarnishing his name (he is a victim of pseudopigraphy)

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Epicurus

7
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said that the death of the apostles caused diversity to flourish; they formed the center beliefs, but the peripheral was still forming

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Michael Holmes

8
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a book of writings about church order, orthodoxy vs heresy, issues of the church in the 2nd century; authors/works: Clement of Rome, Ingatius, Poly Carp, the Didache, Shepherd of Hermas

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the Apostolic Fathers

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early bishop in Rome (late 90s) who wrote 2 letters to Corinth

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Clement of Rome

10
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wanted to be a martyr, wrote 7 letters on his trip from Antioch to Rome as a prisoner; bishop of Antioch in the early 2nd century; went against the Ebionites and the Docetists

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Ignatius

11
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most important church historian for many years

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Eusebius

12
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early Christian historian who said Peter commissioned Ignatius to be bishop in Antioch

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Theodoret

13
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summary: if you are able to bear the whole yoke of the Lord, you would be perfect, but since you can’t, do the best you can; it is instructions to churches

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The Didache

14
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martyred in North Africa in early 200s; has two visions one about her brother and the other about how the real battle isn’t against other people, but against the devil

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Perpetua

15
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(313 CE) ended the state sponsored persecution in Rome; collaboration of Licinius and Constantine

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The Edict of Milan

16
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apologist at the end of 2nd century, beginning of 3rd from Carthage; said “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?”; first to talk about the Trinity

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Tertullian

17
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a former philosopher from Alexandria; argued that using logos/reason would appeal to Romans who are searching for Logos; wanted to show that Greeks/Romans got their philosophy from Hebrew scripture, defending that Christians aren’t borrowing aren’t borrowing from the rest of the world

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Justin Martyr

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followed Justin Martyr; said Logos God created everything and wove knowledge into creation; any knowledge you uncover with reason is learning something about God - all truth it God’s truth

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Clement of Alexandria

19
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the greatest mind in pre-Constantinian Christianity; a bishop in Alexandria; says the nature of scripture means it should be read not so much literally but about it’s spiritual and theological meaning, not for science and history so much

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Origen

20
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says four sources came together to form the Pentateuch; kind of right, but was too specific

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Documentary Hypothesis

21
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said Mark was first, then Matthew uses Mark, and Luke uses both and that we had a 3 gospel collection by 85 CE

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Farrah Hypothesis for the Synoptic problem

22
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said Mark got his info from Peter; he still prefers the oral traditions more than what was written down at the time;

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Papias

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170 CE; combined all 4 gospels into one story (the Diatessaron) about Jesus; he uses other gospels too and doesn’t think the main 4 are sufficient

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Tatian

24
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first person to argue for only the 4 gospels; says they each show Jesus a specific way (human, ox, lion, eagle) and that there are 4 winds from the 4 corners of the earth; worked to prove to the gnostics/Marcion that Jesus was fully divine and fully human

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Irenaeus

25
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in his book “Church History” (325), doubts James, Jude, 2 Peter, 2-3 John and isn’t sure about Revelation

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Eusebius

26
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a list of texts that should be authoritative; has 22 of 27 books listed; probably from the 4th century

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Muratorian Fragment

27
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1) 26 book canon (360 CE) 2) 363 CE

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1)Cheltenham Canvas 2) Council of Laodicea

28
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bishop of Alexandria that was the first to have a 27 book canon (367 CE) in his 39th Festal Letter

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Athanasius

29
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others that said 27 book canon

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1) Augustine Bishop of Hippo 2) Councils of Hippo (393), Carthage (397), Carthage (418-419)

30
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said the 27 book canon plus the OT and the Apocrypha; put it in his book the Vulgate, which was finished in the 5th century CE

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Jerome

31
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Pope Paul II concludes that biblical canon should mirror Jerome’s Vulgate and it is the first time the church make the contents of the Bible an article of faith (1546)

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Council of Trent

32
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Jewish Christians who followed Mosaic law; said no virgin birth, Jesus was fully human only and was chosen by God at his baptism to be the Messiah

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Ebionites

33
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group that emphasized the Holy Spirit and said that anyone could be filled with the spirit, not just apostles or bishops/elders/deacons; gave women a voice

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Montanists

34
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the way to correct human sin is by having a human come and life perfectly; Jesus is the better Adam and Mary is the better Eve

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recapitulation

35
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said Christians who denounced their faith during persecution have lost all authority they had

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Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage

36
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said Christians who denounced their faith during persecution get to be let back into the church

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Stephen, Bishop of Rome

37
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the great persecution - had full out state sponsored persecution

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Diocletian

38
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persecuted both laity and the clergy

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Decius