Conflicting Practices & Ideas
As if Persecutions & Heresies
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Conflicting Practices and Ideas - Lecture Slides - Christian Origins |, Study notes of Christianity
Material Type: Notes; Class: Christian Origins; Subject: Religion; University: Newberry College; Term: Forever 1989;
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Conflicting Practices & Ideas
As if Persecutions & Heresies were not enough!
1. Paschal Controversy
- (^) Pascha (Greek) – Passover
- (^) What is the proper date for Easter? Traditional Jewish date ( th of Nissan) Or 1 st^ Sunday after the 1st^ full moon of Spring
2. Rule by the One God
- Modalistic Monarchianism (Sabellius) – God appears in various “disguises” or modes…but then did the Creator God suffer on the Cross? (Patripassionism)
- Dynamic Monarchianism – (Paul of Samosata) The power of God rested upon Jesus, If Jesus “grew in wisdom, stature, and favor with God & man” then he was not the Logos but merely benefited from the gift of God’s Wisdom.
3. Church/State Relations
- Apologists argued that Christians were ideal citizens
- Christians did not rebel against Rome although some died as martyrs
- Argued for sharp separation of Church and State (which was after all pagan)
5. Views of the Church Evolve
- All members are Saints
- The Clergy (leadership) must be Saints
- The Church embraced “Saints” and “Sinners”…mostly perceive themselves as sinners who admire heroic saints.
- Sacraments of the Church are the only true sacred elements as all individuals are sinners. (Augustine, 4 th - th century)