RELIG220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Council Of Jerusalem, Jesus Movement, Epistle To The Philippians

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIG220
• Professor: Mark Dickens

Document Summary

Chapter 2 (cid:862)going out into the world(cid:863) James 2:14-24: challenging hypocrites, both faith and good works are necessary, having faith in god does not make you a good person; involves the idea of christianity involving religion and morals. Love others as christ did; through humility is true glory his authority. Including leadership: church of jerusalem, led by james. Jesus and his disciples were all devout jews. 50 ce (to discuss questions like the one above) Liberal views of jewish law = scandal to conservatives (e. g. james) The apostle paul (cid:894)con"t(cid:895: epistles = 13 of 27 nt books (7 undisputed scholars all agree paul wrote them, 6 disputed) Christia(cid:374)ity (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e (cid:862)religio(cid:374) of ge(cid:374)tiles rather tha(cid:374) je(cid:449)s(cid:863) (cid:894)p. 19) Or was that just legalism irrele(cid:448)a(cid:374)t if you are (cid:862)justified (cid:271)y faith(cid:863): paul"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)utio(cid:374): Christian life is both realized and yet to be realized (kingdom of god is now and still to come)