Unit 1 Test

Question 0

Philo of Alexandria

Answer 0

Major influence on Christians

Obeyed law but believed in deeper allegorical meaning

Question 1

Diasporan distinctives

Answer 1

Greek
Synagogue worship
Diet
Hand washing
Pilgrimages to the Temple on major religious holy days

Question 2

Options in the wake of temple destruction

Answer 2

Rabbinical Judaism, Christianity

Question 3

Which Roman emperor renamed Jerusalem the Aelia Capitolina?

Answer 3

Hadrian

Question 4

Which emperor destroyed the Temple?

Answer 4

Titus

Question 5

Date of temple destruction

Answer 5

70 AD

Question 6

Why was Christianity not accepted even though the Roman view of religion was polytheistic?

Answer 6

1. Christians stubbornly insist on 1 God

2. A high evangelistic impulse

Question 7

Parallels between mystery cults and Christianity?

Answer 7

Adherence to mystery religions were voluntary
Secretive rites of initiation
strong personal emotional components
Ritual meal
Promise of a happy afterlife

Question 8

Why were the first 100 years called Jewish Christianity?

Answer 8

1. A number of communities who observed Torah perpetuated the Jewish ways of thinking
2. Christianity across the board was Jewish in writing, thinking.

Question 9

Who lead the original Palestinian community?

Answer 9

James

Question 10

Which community disappeared and possibly went to Pella?

Answer 10

Possibly the Palestinian community led by James

Question 11

This group had their own gospel in Aramaic, had a different view of the law, lasted until 4th century, from Syria

Answer 11

The Nazarenes

Question 12

Definition of heresy

Answer 12

Serious and persistent deviation from the teaching of the mainstream church

Question 13

Bishop of Sardis in Asia Minor. Wrote “On Pascha.” Passover lamb is a preindicator of Christ. Emphasized how the OT pointed to Christ

Answer 13

Melito

Question 14

Melito’s dates

Answer 14

1st and 2nd centuries

Question 15

Presbyter in Rome, wrote a call to repentance because they didn’t care about leaders in the church.

Answer 15

Clement

Question 16

Wrote from Antioch, 7 letters to various churches. Was concerned with heresy. The first write to give evidence of a 3 tiered ministry model.

Answer 16

Ignatius of Antioch

Question 17

The name for groups who downplay Christ’s divinity and have an emphasis on law keeping.

Answer 17

Judaizers

Question 18

Why did the Romans even punish Christians in the 1st century?

Answer 18

The rapid growth of Christianity was bad for the state (religion kept order and was thought to bring prosperity.

Question 19

A martyrdom account from Gaul, sent in a letter to Asia Minor. 100 years after polycarp.

Answer 19

The Martyrs of Lyons

Question 20

Martyrdom account, written by many authors, probably in Latin about a martyrdom in Carthage. Written partly by a woman.

Answer 20

The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas

Question 21

Blandina

Answer 21

Martyr from The Martyrs of Lyons who appeared as Christ to her captors

Question 22

Date of Perpetua and Felicitas’s martyrdom

Answer 22

The Holy Spirit still works and inspires men and women in 203 just as he did in 33

Question 23

Meaning of martyr

Answer 23

Witness

Question 24

Codex Sinaiticus

Answer 24

Earliest text of the New Testament

Question 25

Early 2nd century text regarded to be authoritative in Egypt. Said that god called off his cvt with the Jews and that it's not to be taken literally. Basically a non-Pauline version of Christianity

Answer 25

The Epistle of Barnabas

Question 26

Church Fathers dates

Answer 26

100-700

Question 27

These two authors wrote on the Problem of the Law

Answer 27

Justin Martyr, author of Barnabas

Question 28

Presbyter in Rome, wrote a call to repentance because they didn't care about leaders in the church.

Answer 28

Clement

Question 29

Wrote from Antioch, 7 letters to various churches. Was concerned with heresy. The first write to give evidence of a 3 tiered ministry model.

Answer 29

Ignatius of Antioch

Question 30

The name for groups who downplay Christ's divinity and have an emphasis on law keeping.

Answer 30

Judaizers

Question 31

Why did the Romans even punish Christians in the 1st century?

Answer 31

The rapid growth of Christianity was bad for the state (religion kept order and was thought to bring prosperity.

Question 32

A martyrdom account from Gaul, sent in a letter to Asia Minor. 100 years after polycarp.

Answer 32

The Martyrs of Lyons

Question 33

Martyrdom account, written by many authors, probably in Latin about a martyrdom in Carthage. Written partly by a woman.

Answer 33

The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas

Question 34

Blandina

Answer 34

Martyr from The Martyrs of Lyons who appeared as Christ to her captors

Question 35

Date of Perpetua and Felicitas's martyrdom

Answer 35

The Holy Spirit still works and inspires men and women in 203 just as he did in 33

Question 36

Meaning of martyr

Answer 36

Witness

Question 37

Codex Sinaiticus

Answer 37

Earliest text of the New Testament

Question 38

Early 2nd century text regarded to be authoritative in Egypt. Said that god called off his cvt with the Jews and that it's not to be taken literally. Basically a non-Pauline version of Christianity

Answer 38

The Epistle of Barnabas

Question 39

Church Fathers dates

Answer 39

100-700

Question 40

These two authors wrote on the Problem of the Law

Answer 40

Justin Martyr, author of Barnabas

Question 41

First to try to spilt the law into binding/non binding

Answer 41

Justin Martyr

Question 42

Believed that circumcision marked the Jews for damnation

Answer 42

Justin Martyr

Question 43

Name for the group from the first 2 centuries who gave a defense on 2 grounds for Christianity

Answer 43

The Apologists

Question 44

Two levels of reality, talked quite a bit about God and plurality within God, held doctrine of immortality

Answer 44

Platonism

Question 45

Founded by Xeno, god is the Logos or rationality that holds the universe together. Ethics and intentionality in living

Answer 45

Stoicism

Question 46

Ethical and metaphysical influences to Christianity

Answer 46

Stoics, Platonists

Question 47

Book of church order date

Answer 47

235

Question 48

Hippolytus of Rome

Answer 48

Book of church order

Question 49

Heretic in Rome but from Egypt, a contemporary of Justin. Founder of the most worrying Gnostic group

Answer 49

Valentinus

Question 50

Why were the Marcionites not Gnostic?

Answer 50

Didn't like the creation myths. Didn't want to keep the Old Teatament

Question 51

Father of Latin Theology

Answer 51

Turtullian

Question 52

Was Tertullian after or before Irenaeus?

Answer 52

After by 1 generation

Question 53

Who wrote Against Heresies?

Answer 53

Irenaeus

Question 54

Who came up with the 2 words to describe the trinity : persona and substansia?

Answer 54

Tertullian

Question 55

What is Modalism?

Answer 55

The belief that God is 1 and that the spirit and son are "arms" of the father.

Question 56

Who wrote Against Praxius and what was it about?

Answer 56

Tertullian and it was a rebuttal to Modalism. In it he uses the words persona and substansia.

Question 57

Who wrote On Idolatry and what was its substance?

Answer 57

Tertullian. He was concerned that people were not being faithful to their baptismal vows. Talked about occupations that were incompatible with Christianity.

Question 58

Ascetic

Answer 58

Disciplining self and shunning even non sinful pleasures

Question 59

Confessor

Answer 59

Someone who suffers for the faith but does not die

Question 60

The first Christian Biblical Scholar

Answer 60

Origen

Question 61

First to write a commentary

Answer 61

Origen

Question 62

Came up with the word hypostases

Answer 62

Origen

Question 63

Explain eternal regeneration and the problems that come from it

Answer 63

Eternal Generation: from all eternity, the father is continually and without ceasing bringing forth the son. The problem is that the son tends to be subordinated to the father.

Question 64

What did Origen believe about God's punishment?

Answer 64

He believed that Gods punishment was always remedial and not punative.

Question 65

Explain Origen's view of the word "apokatasasis"

Answer 65

Greek word, means "universal restoration of all things." Believed that God had wrath and did punish but that his punishment is remedial.

Question 66

Explain Origen's threefold view of scripture.

Answer 66

Scripture has 3 parts -- body, soul and spirit. The body is the literal meaning, the soul is morality and the spirit is alligorical or symbolic.

Question 67

Justin's view of persecution

Answer 67

Persecution is because of demons. Quoted 2nd Enoch, believed that demons created polytheistic religion. Believed that the demons persecuted because Christians live according to reason.