HIST 102H Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Russian Empire, Napoleon, Kingdom Of France
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HIST 102H
Influence of the Roman World [40 BCE to 800 CE ]
Thouhout the peiod o Pa oaa [Roa Peace]
There are attempts to make the empire appear like a Republic while
the emperor is acting as a dictator. The economy is stable aside from a
few border conflicts, but something is going to turn this all upside down.
The Birth of Christianity
By the third century, it made up only 2-3% of the population of the
epie. The Ne Testaet is’t actuall settled util the late 4th cetu,
ad oe o the tets ee itte i Jesus’ lietie, ad eithe Jesus o
his disciples were the ones who wrote it down. The gospels have many
errors/discrepancies, and the problems with the text are similar to the
Hebrew Bible.
A coce late o is hethe eeoe is olloi the tue
pactice o the Chistia aith, ad the ae’t, because ee eliious tet
is subject to interpretation.
Roman Judea
Conflicts between priests and rabbis continued during the
Hellenistic era, and the Kings sought legitimacy from Sadducees/Temple
Piests, descedet o Childe o Eile.
- Pharisees represented the rabbis and the People of the Land,
commoners
- Deelopet o Essees, a apocalptic sect, Ed o Das
- Pompey the Great conquered Judea in 63 BCE, installed the
Herodian dynasty, and were seen as Roman puppets (widely disliked),
which trumped the previous Sadducees
- Judea in the time of Jesus was full of religious and political tension
- Thee is hea pesecutio oi o sipl because the’e so
uncommon
- An issue seen often is that the Jewish are all about the End of Days
and the apocalypse
Life of Jesus
- Joined the revival movement of John the Baptist
- Preached about the coming kingdom of God
- He does’t o oe tha aoud iles, does’t leae
homeland
- Promoted an emotional experience of God rather than observance
of ritual
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- Integral difference when preaching salvation, everyone is
saved including sinners
- This shos that othe eliios ae’t oii
- He’s pooti this to the poo ad destitute, the
ipoeished ad the sick ad the ea, eeoe ho’s set
o the top o social class the’e looki at this u ad
thiki Who does he thik he is, peachi to obodies?
- Criticized Sadducees and Pharisees
- Population was uncertain, and naming himself the messiah turned
many against him
- Moved to preach to a non-Jewish audience
- Christos - Anointed one
- Divine representative of God for all humanity
- Executed by Rome for being a rebel leader
- Ate Jesus’ death his 12 disciples/apostles traveled the empire,
preaching that he was still the messiah; Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John
Early Christianities
- Early Christians had many questions but there was no
central/recognized authority
- Bishops of earliest communities in Rome, Jerusalem and Antioch all
claimed spiritual authority
- Each bishop had their own interpretation of the Christian faith
- Each community developed different answers to the theological
questions of Christianity
- St. Peter, leader of original 12 apostles Apostle o the Apostles;
spead Jesus’ teachis to the cit o Roe
- Credited for holding the first ecclesiastical seat as Bishop of
Rome
- Successors claimed direct lineage to St Peter, thus developing
the Roa ‘papal’ seat petie doctie
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