SOC250Y1 Lecture : lecture notes
Document Summary
January 19th 2011- sociology of religion. i. e. , new members, waning purity, and growing doubt early second-century christian writings disclose signs of mounting internal strains, as. Double-minded believers- the disychoi- were accused of taking up anew the worldly vanities and vices they had renounced at conversion, while other tainted members despaired over their possible salvation. A second remission of sins was gradually introduced and adopted: initially as a special. The delay of jesus"s second coming started to create problems, people said people were falling into the grip of satan and leaving the right path. That brought the problem of the post-baptismal sinning. The first test that dealt with the issue- the shephard of hermus(what did that text offer?) it offered a chance to be cleansed again. The angel also carried the promise that jesus was coming soon. he carried this ecclesial promise. Problem witht the hermous thing was that it was just a window of time.
