The Deposit of the Faith_ Gnosticism & Marcions & Montanus & The Response to heresies The Deposit of the Faith * Gnosticism (58-60): a radical dualism 1) Salvation was the main concern of the Gnostics. They came to the conclusion that all matter is evil, or at best unreal. A human being is in reality an eternal spirit that somehow has been imprisoned in a body. Since the body misguides us as to our true nature, it is evil. Therefore the final goal of the Gnostics is to eascape fr.. 더보기 DEPENDING FAITH_The defense of the faith to the authorities DEPENDING FAITH_The defense of the faith to the authorities (Chapter 7) * Rumors and Lofty Criticism (49-52) 1) Many of the rumors that the apologists sought to dispel were based on a misunderstanding of Christian practice: love feast, "brothers" and "sisters," communion. 2) The enmity against Christianity on the part of many cultured pagans was deeply rooted in class prejudice. 3) Christianity .. 더보기 HEBREW AND GREEK ROOTS OF CHRISTIANITY HEBREW AND GREEK ROOTS OF CHRISTIANITY 1. Palestine in the first century (Gonzalez, Chapter 2) * "The church was never disconnected from the world around it. The first Christians were first century Jews, and it was as such that they heard and received the message. then the faith spread, first among the Jews, and eventually among the Gentiles both within and beyond the borders of the Roman empire.. 더보기 이전 1 ··· 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 다음