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Introduction to Christianity

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Peace of Westphalia
1648...begining of modern era....formly ended 30yrs war(btwn cath & portestants)...gives religios freeddom to Catholics, Lutherns, abd Calvanists
Enlightenment
SIGNIF= stress importance of human REASON...leads to challenges of the courts authority
Pressupositions to the Enlightenment(2)
1-REASON..discover truth thru human reason

2-NATURAL LAW..universe opperated on natural law and its a closed system
Deism
logical explanation for everything
What Diesm believes?
1-God is great than universe, and universe is made to opperate on natural law
2-Miracles CANNOT happen!
3-Jesus is fully human
4-Authority id found thru human reason
5-Denied Trinity
Puritanism...
Once Eliz.I was on thorne some Protestants split aseu they wanted church of England 'pure'..they became known as Puritains
Separistists...
JOHN SMYTH
-suffered persecution w/KJ..went to holland..worked in facotry owned by menonite....Baptized himself then did other people

THOMAS HELWYS
-went back to enland to spread word
Evangelical movements
personal experience of the <3 with Christ
Pietism
began in Germany, Lutheran
reaction against rational religions from enlightenment
2 ideas in Pietism....
1-Personal conversion
2-Practice of Piety
Phillip Jacob Spener
founder of Pietism
wrote "Pious Wishes"
Count Nicolasvon Zizendorf
MORAVIANS
-he came to new world
-directly out of pietism
John Wesley
METHODISM
-came from England
-mother grat impact on life
-went to oxford , had club called "Holy Club"...nicknamed Methodists b/c methadical way of faith
-went to Amercian with bro..bad storm saw moravians calm and he was intrested
-went back to England and to moravian meeting
-this was his "Aldersgate Experience" where he felt his <3 warmed
Francis Asbury
Methodism
--was sent by Wesley to Colonies
--it caught on fast
--thanks to Circut Rider System
--was a cirtuct rider
Circut Rider System
-find lay person to serve as minister and once and a while the ordained misiter would come around and serve communion and such
-Asbury was a circut rider
First Great Awakening
-reaction to reational relgion and decline or Puritism....takes place ion American....sereis os revivals
2 Leaders of First Great Awakening
1 JOHNATHAN EDWARDS..."sinners in the hand of an anrgy god"
2 GEORGE WHITEFIELD...5 preaching tours ME->GA......major envanelist..had huge crowds sometime 30.000!!! buddies with ben franklin
CHARLES G. FINNEY
*The Second Great Awakening-19th century
*believed you could make revial happen
*"New Measures"
widescale advertisment
pray for sinners by name
'anxious bench'
Camp Meetinngs
outdoor gathering of lots of people
happened out on frontier
wagons gather around in circle
preaching all day on 4 lil stages largest and most famous= CANE RIDGE, KY (peaked 20,000 people)
William Carye
Missionary
Ann & Adonhiran Judson
`Missionaries
`orignally with Carye on way to India `but conversted to baptist
`went to Burma
`missionary movement caugh on in America
JOSEPH SMITH
MORMONS
`he found this in NY
`claimed to have visions of god by angles...translated golden tablets
`Church of Jesus Christ and LAter Day Saints
`accept that there was further Revelation BEYOND JC
Charles Taze Russell
Jehovah's Witnesses
`entire political and everything is controlled by Satan
`trouble with pledge of allegence, xmas, easter
`aggresive, comitted
Alexander Campbell
Church of Christ
`refered to Disciples or Campbellites
`wanted to restore NT christianity
`when he died it split into 1-The Christain Church and 2-Church of Christ
`no intrumental music
`baptism completes salvation
Mary Baker Eddy
Christain Science
`thru the use of mindm you can heal your body, learn and stimulate your mind
Ellen G. White
&th Day Adventists
`worship on Saturday
`more emphasis on OT
Liberalism
*reinterpretation of Christianity
*FREDRICH SCHLEIRMACHER
*"feeling of absolute dependence on God"
*contoversial
Biblical Higher Criticism
deeper study
Julius Wellhausen
Biblical Higher Crit.
~Penatteuch..who wrote them?
"Documentary Hypothesis"
say not 1 author but several
authors from many
generations..it evolved
B.H. STREETER
Bibilical Higher Criticism
~Synooptic Gospels..matthew mark luke
Fundamentalism
the fundametnal that cannot be touched....
1-virgin birth
2-verbal inspiration of scripture
3-bodily ressurection
4-visible 2nd coming
5-satisfaction theory of atonement
"Papal Infailibility"
Vatican Council I
~doctrice that says when pope speaks in doctrinal matters, as the vicot of christ, he is no wrong
Walter Rauschenbush
Social Gospel
~he preached in Hell's Kitchen, NY
~stated that the amercian economic system of capitalism produced upper and lower class which is unchristian
~wanted "Christian Socialism"
Karl Barth
NEO-ORTHODOXY
~middle ground btwn Fundamentalism and Liberalism
~focuses on sin of humanity
~barth was swiss theologin..wrote a lot of stuff
~Niebuhr
Vatican II
~a lot of reform
~allowed mass to be said in language of people
~brought Cath. church into modern world; more open dialouge with other churches
~states right of Religious Freedome for all people
~John XXIII
Ecumenical Movement
~trys to unite all Christians theologically
~culminated w/ World Council of Churchs
~continues today
Evangelicalism
*conservative movement w/in American Protestantism
*emphasis on authority of Bible and relatoinship with JC
*BILLY GRAHAM--integrated crusades
Pentecostalism
began: 1906, Azuza Street Revival
*characterised by experience of being filled w/spirit
*signs accompany this experince = healing, prophecy, speaking tounge
++Positives++
+Celebrate Faith-excitment
+Integrated-everybody included
+Gender-doesnt matter
*aka: Assembly of God, 4-Square Gospel Churchs, Church of Gon in Christ....
Theology
*the study of God
*Historical-historical development of doctrice
*Systematic-looks at doctrine systematically
Doctrine of Revelation
*process or understanding how god processed or revealed himself to humanity
*God finds us
*intimate and personal relationship with Christian God
**Revelation**divine aspect
**Faith**human respnse
Scripture
Bible seen as authoritative!

the record/testimaony of god's revalation

"vehicle"which brings us message
Work of God
God is...
1-Creator-Father
2-Redeamor-Son
3-Substainer-Holy Spirit
Doctrine of God
Work of God
God is...
1-Creator-Father
2-Redeamor-Son
3-Substainer-Holy Spirit
Doctrine of God
ATTRIBUTES
1.Holy..purity of god
2.Love
3.Righteous..opposes all wrong
4.Powerful.."sovereign"
%.Personal
Doctrine of God
PRESENCE
--1--Transcendent
otherness of god, god is creator we are creation, always a vastness we will never understand

--2--Immanent
god is always present with us
Doctrine of Sin
a.Rebellion
b.Unbelief
c.Pride
d.Affects the whole perosn
e.Human Race
f.Inevitable

solution to problem = salvation thru Christ
Christ
INCARNATION..infleshing in christ, the son is human......Christ is fully human and fully God

WORK OF CHRIST..1-Prophet(proclamation, spread the word)...2-Priest(mediator btwn gona & human)...3-King(royal)
Salvation
JUSTIFICATION(past)
moment of intial entry into faith, to be made righteous

SANCTIFICATION(present)
on going process, growing in Christ, maturing in faith

GLORIFICATION(future)
ultimatley saved, completion of salvation experince
"The People of God"
god-> "ecclesia": gathering of those who are called out
"The Body of Christ"
Christians represent continuing work of Christ in the world
"Fellowship of Saints"
partnership of forgiven sinners
Tasks
1WORSHIP=primary function of church
2PROCLAMATION=prclaim good news of christ
3SACRAMENTS=Baptism, communion
4MINISTRY=caring for those who are in need
5MISSIONS=making diciples of all people
EACHATOLOGY
~the study of "last things"
~talk about death/lifeafter death/jugdement/ heaven & hell/ 2nd coming

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