RELIG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Monophysitism, Chosen People, Social Change
11 Jan 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Christianity
4 dates in Christianity
313 Early Church
476 split between Eastern and Western Christianity
1054 split between catholic and orthodox church
1517 protestant reformation
History
- Early Jewish texts = Early Christianity
- Maccabean revolt
o Tied to apocalyptic views believed Messiah would come and restore
- Jesus Born 6 BCE
o Not much writing on infancy and youth
o Jewish reinforce
o Interpreted Torah in different ways
o Believed he had special connection with God
▪ Kingdom of God on earth
▪ challenged Roman and Jewish laws
▪ scandalized orthodox authority
o Threatened religious and political authority
▪ He was arrested tried and executed
▪ Kingdom of God was political threat
o Left behind followers
▪ Believed Jesus was resurrected
▪ Jesus would return to earth to finish bringing the kingdom
Early Christianity
- Earlierst followers were Jews
- Next were non Jews (Gentiles)
- Following Torah WAS NOT the same as following Jesus teachings
o Do’t eed to e Jewish to be Christian
- Christianity was a seed of Judaism
o → Roman Empire view
- Christianity as a suppression of Judaism
o Christian View
- Jewish people were chosen but because they failed to recognize the messiah the
Chistias ae o God’s Chose people
- Early Christians small and Local
Difficulties and Development
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- Purposeful differentiation from Judaism led to loss of Legal status
64CE fire in Rome blamed on Christians
70CE Jerusalem temple destroyed
o Generate orthodox practices to solve problems
▪ 1. Administration
• shifts from local to regional (Bishop authority)
▪ 2. Meetings to determine doctrine
• nature of Jesus
▪ 3. Martyr theology
• People persecuted were heroes
Roman Empire
- 313 CE Constantine converted to Christianity
o legalized Christianity → Edict of Milan
- 381 CE Christianity official religion of Roman Empire
o mutually beneficial
o unified groups within borders (seize persecution)
o Christianity had one unified belief
- 476 CE Germanic tribes conquer western roman empire and splits Christianity
o Eastern Christianity
▪ Orthodox
▪ Too rapid early expansion
• Beyond empire border less support
▪ Competition with Buddhism and Islam
▪ Schisms → Divinity of Jesus
• Monophysite → North Africa
• Nestorians → Persia, Asia
▪ 3 Roe’s Cetes of Othodo faith
• Rome → Constantinople → Moscow
▪ Beliefs:
• Human imperfection linked to ignorance
• Jesus teacher who reminds people of knowledge
• Highly ritualistic/symbolic services
o Western Christianity
▪ Catholic
▪ Loss of imperial structure/ allies
• More power to pope and bishops
• Christians interests moved North and West
• Empire reconstituted as Holy Roman Empire
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Monastic Backtrack
- Monastic groups: Community of Christians who live separate from society and live a
holy lifestyle
o Diide gede oks & us
o Repositories for wealth and knowledge
o Separate from society
o Rules governing behaviour
1054 CE
- Eastern orthodox Church and catholic church split (slow failing relationship)
- Break because
o Different interpretation of doctrine
o Physical split (fall of Western Roman Empire)
o Arguments with leadership
▪ Priestly marriage (Eastern believed this was okay)
▪ Arguments over ritual
• Eucharist bread (leavened/unleavened)
Medieval Growth/Decline
- 1095 crusades to recover Holy Land from Muslim occupation
- doig God’s ill sae hol sites
o Many were failures
o Horrendous loss of life
- Open up new trade routes
- Access to lost knowledge
Martin Luther
1517 Protestant Reformation
- Worried Church was too corrupt (church was worried about money)
- Wanted to show leaders were in error (return to purity)
- Opened all aspects of Catholicism to critique
Shared reformation ideas
- Authority Bible > Tradition
- Reject Catholic authority structure
- Fewer sacraments
- Vernacular language for service and bibles
Protestant Variations
1. Lutheran
- Follow Luther
- Moderate Reform
- Germany
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Document Summary
Maccabean revolt: tied to apocalyptic views believed messiah would come and restore. Jesus born 6 bce: not much writing on infancy and youth, jewish reinforce. Jesus would return to earth to finish bringing the kingdom. Following torah was not the same as following jesus teachings: do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed to (cid:271)e jewish to be christian. Christianity was a seed of judaism: roman empire view. Christianity as a suppression of judaism: christian view. Jewish people were chosen but because they failed to recognize the messiah the. Purposeful differentiation from judaism led to loss of legal status. 70ce jerusalem temple destroyed: generate orthodox practices to solve problems, 1. Administration: shifts from local to regional (bishop authority, 2. Meetings to determine doctrine: nature of jesus, 3. 313 ce constantine converted to christianity legalized christianity edict of milan. 381 ce christianity official religion of roman empire: mutually beneficial, unified groups within borders (seize persecution, christianity had one unified belief.
