CHRISTIANITY
Terms to Define:
CANON
EUCHARIST
FUNDAMENTALISM
GLOSSOLALIA
NICENE CREED
PURITANISM
TRANSUBSTANTIATION
Themes to Study:
Text: pp. 166-168; 175-177 (“From Sect to Church” – “Paul”)
JESUS IN THE GOSPELS
MOSAIC: “COMPOSITE PORTRAIT” OF JESUS
THE TWO COMMANDMENTS
LOVE FOR GOD
LOVE FOR ONE’S NEIGHBOUR
SPIRITUAL VS. POLITICAL KINGDOM
EARLY CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND HISTORY
MISSIONARY COMPONENT
PENTECOST
ALL ROADS LEAD TO PAUL
JEWISH AND GENTILE CHRISTIANITY
CHRIST: AS REDEEMER
THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
PERSPECTIVES ON THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE
INERRANCY
LITERALISM
HISTORICAL-CRITICAL
Text: pp. 168-175: GOSPELS IN FOCUS
MARK (WINGED LION)
SAVIOUR OF THE GENTILES
65-70 CE
APOCALYPTIC URGENCY
MATTHEW (WINGED ANGEL)
PROMISED MESSIAH OF ISRAEL
75-80 CE
SUPREME TEACHER OF TORAH
LUKE (WINGED OX) ~85 CE
SAVIOUR OF THE GENTILES
CONCERN FOR POOR, WOMEN, OUTCASTS
“LUKE-ACTS”
CHURCH = CONTINUATION OF LIFE OF JESUS
JOHN (EAGLE) ~90-100 CE
JESUS AS ETERNAL DIVINE SON OF GOD
NOT “SYNOPTIC”
INCARNATION