REL 2120 Study Guide - Wild Beasts, John Chrysostom, Codex Theodosianus
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Origen 185-254 ce: the first non-jewish christian that studied hebrew, he used his biblical knowledge of the language to argue that the jews had shown disrespect for their own bible and misinterpreted their religion wrongly. Eusebius: ecclesiastical history: this book became an influential document for all christians. His works becomes the standard reference work that fixes the beliefs of christianity. According to paul, christianity was the plan of god before the foundation of the earth. He argues that christianity is older than israel (judaism. ) Deicide= kill god: the sin of all sins, this accusation has endured now into the 21st century. It"s an indestructible accusation: the only jews in favor of his death were the sadducees, what about the romans, crucifixion was a roman punishment not a jewish punishment, pilot was the roman soldier who executed the crucifixion and. Romans were the ones that inflicted pain upon jesus. Collective responsibility : denounced by ezekiel 600 years earlier b.
