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Pharisees

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mainline Jews,
opposed overhellenization of religion,
knew scriptures very well,
most of the early Christian movement was drawn from their ranks

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Essenes

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Jewish sect
generally sympathetic to Pharisees
withdrawn to desert communities

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Sadducees

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the Jewish ruling class
traditionally controlled the Temple
more hellenized and secular
small minority

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Zealots

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Jews militantly opposed to Roman rule

developed after CE 66

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Cosmos

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the order of all things

visible (seen, physical) and invisible (unseen, spiritual)

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post hoc ergo propter hoc

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“after this therefore because of this”
a fallacy
similarity does NOT determine causation!
why Christianity is not a pagan religion

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Zeno

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teacher of Stoicism

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Temple

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where God could be found
located in Jerusalem
ONLY place to offer sacrifice

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Synagogue

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place of preaching, reading scripture, ritual prayer and hymns, education of the faith, community discipline, and charity for the poor
arose during Babylonian captivity
worship on Saturday (the Sabbath)

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“house”

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one of the 3 places of Jewish worship
same word used for house and synagogue
Christians also worshiped in house-churches

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Eucharist

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observed AT LEAST once a week (Sunday)
only baptized allowed (including children)
not merely symbolic - “real presence”

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Qumran

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where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found

possibly an Essene community

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Philo

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first century Jewish thinker
showed agreement between Jewish teaching and Greek philosophical traditions
idea of Logos

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ἐκκλησία

ekklesia

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Christian “churches”
place of preaching, reading scripture, ritual prayer and hymns, education of the faith, community discipline, and charity for the poor
worship on Sunday (day of Resurrection)

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Nero

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Roman emperor suspected of starting fire that burned down Rome (CE 64) so he could rebuild it - better
he blamed Christians

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Baptism

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rite of initiation in 1st century Jewish communities
for Christians, mystical union w/ Christ through baptism
adults need instruction before Baptism
child baptism a standard practice

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Ebionites

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only distinct variety of Christianity in first century
extreme minority
denied Christ’s divinity
faded rapidly when Temple was destroyed (CE 70)
we don’t have any of their writings

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4 BCE

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Jesus born

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Docetism

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rejection of Jesus as a human
all spirit - no physical body
he’s a hologram!

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Archisynogogos

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ruler of the synagogue
presided over services
regulated teaching and observance of tradition

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Hyperetes

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"servant of the synagogue"
paid employee
cared for the scrolls
taught
enforced discipline
cared for building and furnishings
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Episcopos

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the “overseer”
presided over Christian services
regulated teaching
similar to Archisynogogos

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Diakonos

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“servant”
deacon
maintain distribution of charity, teaching, daily business of the church
similar to hyperites

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Presbytyr

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elder

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Dura Europos

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archeological dig site in Syria

how we know how house-churches were set up

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Apologists

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recognized antipathy towards Christians based on lack of understanding
wrote EXPLANATIONS, had nothing to do with “being sorry”

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Marcion

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80?-154 CE
leader of Marcionites
rejected OT God
rejected materialism
Christ = deliverer from OT God
created first NT canon w/ edited letters of Paul and an abridged gospel of Luke
wrote Antitheses
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Ignatius

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bishop of Antioch

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Justin Martyr

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well educated Middle Platonist
converts to Christianity
taught Christian philosophy in Ephasus and Rome
martyred 165 CE
wrote apologies
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Montanism

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"New Prophesy"
led by Montanus (and Priscilla & Maximilla)
predicted end of the world
rigorous ascetic discipline
had female clergy
Tertullian - most significant convert
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Priscilla and Maximilla

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female associates of Montanus

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“heretic”

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one the CHOOSES weird things/beliefs

makes the choice to go “the other/wrong way”

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“orthodoxy”

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“right worship/teaching”
mainline Christianity
note the little o - not actually Orthodox yet

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Antitheses

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written by Marcion
set forth specific doctrines that he rejected for mainline Christian teaching
prompted mainline Christianity to defend itself (with canons and creeds)

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Tradition

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things universally taught

teaching of the apostles “handed down” in Apostolic Succession

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Creeds

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worded to establish boundaries of mainline teaching and exclude heretical ideas
used as a measure of belief
ex) Apostles’ Creed
Nicene Creed

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κανον

Canon

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guidelines
authoritative list
criteria:
-Apostolic Authority
-Tradition of use
THERE WAS NO COUNCIL that chose the books
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Gnosticism

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elitist group
had "secret knowledge"
good/evil dichotomy
material world=evil
soul/body dichotomy
only Gnostics were "saved"
allowed to lie and betray others
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Irenaeus

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eastern church father
2nd century
studied and taught in Rome
priest and bishop
wrote Against Heresies
martyred after being turned in by Gnostics
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Tertullian

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a Montanist
also a church father
wrote about the trinity
one of the first western interpreters of Christianity

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Cyprian

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bishop of Carthage
important early Christian writer and church father
influenced by Tertullian
martyred in 258

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44 BCE

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end of Roman republic
Julius Ceasar assassinated
civil unrest breaks out

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Pliny the Younger

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Roman politician
persecuted Christians
his letters tell us that Christianity was an illegal cult in Rome

44
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Valentinus

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2nd century
famous Gnostic theologian
taught there were 3 kinds of people
1 - spiritual (Gnostics)
2 - psychical (other Christians)
3 - material (pagans, Jews)
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pleroma

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fullness, entirety

46
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Demiurge

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the creator god

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Cainites

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Gnostic sect who worshipped Cain as first victim of the evil OT God

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“New Prophesy”

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the movement also known as Montanism

the key to interpreting the “true” meaning of scripture

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anamnesis

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memory, returning to the event itself

sort of like time travel

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“Eighth Day”

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the day of Resurrection (Sunday)
transcends time
the reason for octagonal stuff in church

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29 CE

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Jesus dies (?)

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70 CE

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destruction of the Temple

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1 Clement

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one of the earliest texts outside the canon

a letter to Christian in Corinth

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Shepherd of Hermas

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1st or 2nd Century writing
occasionally canonized
very important work for early Christians

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63 BCE

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Rome takes control over Jerusalem

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educere

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“to draw out”

root of education

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Nag Hammadi

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site in Egypt
13 codices found
majority are Gnostic - like the Gospel of Thomas

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135 CE

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Jews banned from Jerusalem

Judaism outlawed

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“faith”

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TO BE RECEPTIVE to what God offers
NOT about belief
it is about acceptance or acknowledgment

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“repentance”

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transformation of the mind - changing what you think is good/right
NOT just feeling sorry
actions determine if the mind has actually been changed

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catechumen

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instructions/ summary of faith

for candidates for baptism

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Dead Sea Scrolls

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collection of texts found in Qumran
hidden by Essenes?
during 2nd Temple Period

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Septuagint

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official Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible
3rd - 2nd century BCE
adopted by early Christians

64
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“Q”

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the unknown common source of Matthew and Luke
(other than Mark)
teachings/sayings of Christ

65
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polis

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cities

basic political/social unit of the Roman empire

66
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Octavian

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Julius Caesar’s nephew + heir
emperor at time of Jesus’ birth
also called Caesar Augustus
restored order in 31 BCE

67
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Alexander the Great

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4th century BCE
established empire from India to Egypt
brought Greek culture and language to all the empire
Christianity spreads over the same area

68
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Hellenism

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Greek-ification

the spread of Greek language and culture

69
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Cult of Rome

Emperor Cult

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official religion
sacrifices are like taxes
sacrifice released the power of animals and added it to the emperor or Rome generally

70
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Mystery Cults

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provided “secret knowledge”
personal religious experience
sense of belonging, eternal life
INCLUSIVE - could follow more than one cult

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Isis and Osiris

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mystery cult based on (heavily adapted) Egyptian myth
-worship processions
-initiates would be bathed and prayed over
- didn’t eat meat or drink wine for ten days
then “direct encounter with the gods”

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Stoicism

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philosophy started by Zeno
taught of a creating God and a “world spirit”
reason+lack of passions+virtuous life –> happiness
self control important

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Epicureanism

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philosophy began with Epicurus
taught life of “pleasure”
pleasure through and ascetic, contemplative, and celibate life

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Atargatis

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mystery cult centered around a Syrian fertility diety
represented by “Galli”
made pilgrimages to Hieropolis

75
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Galli

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wandering, begging, gelded priests of Atargatis cult
initiates shaved head + eyebrows + journeyed to hieropolis, would be priests castrated themselves and from then on wore women’s clothing

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Middle Platonism

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combination of Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Stocism
approach divine through contemplation
intellectual climate, the cultural mentality
lots of variety

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Νους

nous

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transcendent power ruling over all
all-powerful
essentially the Jewish God
except disinterested in human affairs
beneath the Νους there was room for other gods
78
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λόγος

logos

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the meaning/reason behind everything
the power/Word of God
how God interacts with the world and creates stuff
also a name for Jesus Christ

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diaspora

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Jews living outside their hereditary Israel
started w/ Jews who remained in Babylon
Diaspora Jews tended to be more hellenized - but there are many exceptions

80
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Babylonian Captivity

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when many of the Jewish teachings/writings were consolidated and organized (the making of the OT)
the synagogue developed b/c Jews cut off from Temple