RLG203H5 Lecture 4: Week 4.docx
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According to kennedy religion is a way of living based on a decision to believe on a particular world view. Going down in the water, dying with christ and being reborn with christ. Why did jesus had to be baptised if he is divine: jesus being symbolic representing the jewish high priest. All are initiating as high priest following what jesus did. Christians were being pushed out from the synagogues from jews by the end of the first century. Because of paul it was the gentiles who were excluding themselves. There were some institutions developing in some churches, but in only some. One group following the jewish calendar: eastern should be on the day jesus was dead (?!) The roman calendar: on the day of the equinox, on a sunday. Orthodox means thinking right they wanted people to think what bishops thought. The number of gospels is 4 and it is the right number.
