REL STD 5A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Partzufim, Soteriology, Kiss Of Peace

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: REL STD 5A
• Professor: Chris Mc Kenna

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Rel std 5a lecture #11: the critical 4th and 5th centuries. For a few hundred years christianity did not have a uniform, standardized, agreed- upon Christology (theory as to whether jesus christ was god in addition to being messiah) Greek heroes were the mother was mortal and their father was considered to be a god. People are trying to decide if jesus is an actual god; derived off of the greek concept. Sotieriology (theory as to whether jesus" death saves everyone, or just a few people, from everlasting hell) A theory of salvation; jesus"s death is a saving act of humanity. They are going to have to settle on the official soteriology. Holy books (whether the jewish bible should be discarded and whether any. Arguing about what books need to be included in the holy books. Worship (whether to have a choreographed church service or not) Christians of the early centuries by then living in north africa, arabia, palestine, syria,