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Christianity
Gospels
Canonical Gospels- Accepted writings that make up the Bible. Mark, Matthew, Luke and John as the four canonical gospels
Mark- Composed in 65-75 and written by John Mark in Rome or Palestine. His audience was the suffering non Jewish community. Wrote that Jesus was a suffering servant. Starting at Jesus as an adult/Baptism.
Matthew- Composed in 80 and written by Apostle Matthew Levi a tax collector in Turkey. His audience were Greek speaking Jewish people. Jesus the Teacher. Starting at Herot and Jesus's birth.
Synoptic Gospels- Meaning they see together with a common view. The gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. They depict the good news of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection—the basis of salvation.
Luke- Composed in 75-90 and written by Apostle Luke a physician in Antioch. His audience were gentile Christians. Jesus the Universal Savior. Starting at this birth of Moses and Ramses (pharaoh).
Msytical Gospel- John- Composed in 90-100 and written by John the Apostle in Antioch. His audience were people of Jewish background expelled from Synagogue. Jesus as the Word. Stating at Jesus as an adult.
Non-Canonical Gospel
Gospel of Mary Magdalene- Written from a female point of view. Gives example of how she may have paid for the establishment of an early chuch/alter.
Jesus- Born and lived in Nazareth.Believed to be the son of God. Left to preach to people. His teachings formed the basis of Christianity. He healed people and exorcised demons.
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Gnostic Christianity- Claimed to have access to 'secret knowledge' about the nature of the universe, the nature of Christ, and what his appearance on earth meant to believers movement in the Hellenistic world that emphasized a special secret knowledge about God and the world. Gnostic Christians valued extra-biblical gospels like the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Judas in forming their beliefs.
Gospel of Judas-The most recent Gospel, told from Judas' perspective. It speaks of Jesus' as a spirit from another realm who teaches of ways to escape this evil material world that was not created by one true God but by an ignorant deity.
Gospel of Thomas- This is a gospel of "secret sayings" from Jesus and it does not tell the story of Jesus' life .here are around 114 sayings of Jesus
Protestant Reformation- A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
Martin Luther- 1483-1546, leader of Protestant reformation, a monk, priest and professor of biblical studies. Disturbed by the moral corruption of his parishioners from the selling of indulgences to decrease time in Purgatory; argued that salvation from sin comes from faith in God, which itself comes from God, by grace.
Calvin- 1509-1564, A French theologian who established a theocracy in the Geneva and is best known for his theory of predestination. Bible is the sole word of God. Helped create the protestant work ethic. Wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion.
The Original Sin- everyone is born sinful, born with a built-in urge to do bad things and disobey God.
Trinity (Triune)- The truth that God, although one, is three Divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Paul of Tarsus- A Christian man born in Tarsus in 5 AD. He helped spread Christianity through his epistles. He preached the death, resurrection, and lordship of Jesus Christ, and he proclaimed that faith in Jesus guarantees a share in his life.
Marcion- A convert to Christianity who moved to Rome in 140 AD and argued that Christianity had Judaized. As a result, he maintained that canon should include only a shortened form of Luke's Gospel and 10 of Paul's epistles (excluding the pastorals). Marcion assembled the first Christian Bible: it did not have the Old Testament and it contained no early childhood stories of Jesus.
Eastern Orthodox- Believes that God revealed himself in Jesus Christ, and believes in the incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, & divinity of Christ, believes in Trinity
Council of Nicea- Nicene Creed defines the true divinity of the Son of God against Arius the first universal council of the church, death with administrative tasks and dispute between Arius and Alexander
Apostolic succession- that bishops represent a direct, uninterrupted line of continuity from the first Apostles of Jesus Christ. Bishops possess certain special powers handed down to them from the Apostles; these consist primarily of the right to confirm church members, to ordain priests, to consecrate other bishops, and to rule over the clergy and church members in their diocese
Crusades- 1071. Turks take back land from Arabs, Europeans. Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation.
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