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-Thought that human bodily fluids came from blood
-thought that passions/desires would boil the blood and it would froth and turn into other bodily fluids ex. breast milk, semen
-Men had more Vital Heat* than women
-Women and men the same, women had male gonads but not enough vital heat to descend the testes
-Romans wanted to keep their fluids in balance, sex not central to culture
-Turtullian said sex is okay but after having children sex drive needs to cool off and be devoted to christ
-sexual renunciation = human freedom* |
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-someone who withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, and devout life.
-often referred to as Hermits*
-usually monks
-Desert Fathers (monks)
-rid themselves of desires/passions
-lived lives of complete solitude |
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-constant prayer
-memorized scripture
-slept on ground
-give to the poor
-fought the devil
-piety
-prominent leader among the Desert Fathers
-moved to the desert in 270–271 and became known as both the father and founder of desert monasticism
heard a Sunday sermon stating that perfection could be achieved by selling all of one's possessions, giving the proceeds to the poor, and following Christ |
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-256-336
-N. african elder
-Logos NOT coeternal with the Father
-Logos is FIRST, highest creation
-Logos is NOT created, but everything else is created from it
-"There was a time when he is not"
-Believed christ is suspended between God & humanity but related to both
-Arius deemed a heretic by the 1st Council of Nicea |
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-lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals.
-extreme denial of resources/fasting to achieve a higher spiritual state
-renounce gratification
-ex. Simeon Stylites |
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-taken to rome to be put to death
-wrote 7 letters, one to the romans
-around 112ce
-traveling with 10 roman soldiers
-"Martyr"
-"achieving true manhood"
-stopping his execution would be aiding the devil |
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-Against Arianism
-accompanied Alexander of Alexandria to the First Council of Nicea in 325
-Main author of Nicene Creed
-wrote the life of Antony |
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-133-190ce
-what happens when an animal eats a human then is eaten by a human?
-creatures have food natural to them
-resurrection of the flesh will happen |
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-Constantine I vs. Maxentius
-312ce
-Constantine won the battle and started on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire
-Maxentius drowned in the Tiber during the battle
-Marks Constantine's conversion to Christianity |
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-212 Roman emperor
-extends citizenship to everyone
-all about money
-begins to trust roman money less
-trading becomes very important
-less political stability
-Barter culture |
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-monks who lived in houses of 40 monks each
-came together for common prayer on a more regular basis
-more social monks, lived near villages |
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-imitating christ
-Jesus is the first christian martyr
-Future martyrs attempted to imitate christ by being sacrificed to him |
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-found in 1978
-ancient book written in papyrus or parchment paper
-scroll
-ex. Gospel of Judas
-written in Coptic |
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-someone who is persecuted but NOT killed
-indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death |
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-272-337
-96-180 Pax Romana
-Favored christianity
-1st CHRISTIAN Roman Emperor
-no persecution, made sunday a roman holiday
-Church and state integrated
-Council of Nicaea, voted on Jesus's divinity
-put together the bible
-religious tolerance
-Edict of Milan
-Worshiped the "Unconquerable sun" |
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-325ce
-Nicene Crede: doesn't solve everything
-anti arian
-says Jesus is begotten, not made (by logos)
-settles the divinity of Christ
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| "crisis of the 3rd century" |
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-235-284ce
- all of the institutions of the Roman world failed to work properly and the Roman Empire nearly fell.
-civil war, invasions by goths and germans
-collapse of the Principate
-high taxes, citizens not happy
-crisis ended when Diocletian came to power
-many roman emperors |
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| Decius/Decian Persecution |
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-roman emperor from 249-251ce
-imperial Roman government issued tickets (libellus) stating that citizens had sacrificed or burned incense certifying that apostates had renounced Christianity. |
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-3rd & 4th cent.
-hermits, ascetics, & monks who lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt
-avoid demons, passions, desires associated with living in the town with other people
-ascetic & devout |
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-rules 284-305
-great persecution 303-305
-created the tetrarchy of 2 emperors and 2 caesars
-Roman Emperor and persecutor of the Church
-ends persecution in 305 |
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-313ce
-signed by emperors Constantine I, Licinius, and Galarius
-right after Diocletian persecution
-proclaimed religious toleration in Rome |
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-AD 260 – 339
-Christian bishop and historian 4th cent.
-wrote Church History
-Participated on 1st council of Nicaea
-wrote Life of Constantine |
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-Baptized Constantine
-bishop of Berytus then nicomedia
-heretic, Arian
-Leader of Proarius bishops |
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-Wants to be martyred but is pregnant and can not be a martyr
-everyone prays and she gives birth early
-blood of childbirth=blood in the arena; acts as a 2nd baptism washing felicitas clean
-placed in a net with a heffer but doesn't kill them |
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-martyr
-her father wants her to give up christianity
-she has 3 visions of her conquering the "devil"
-active agent in her own death
-death: self realization of the athlete/martyr
-her death isn't punishment but a victory |
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-consists of an anticipation of meals, the eating of delicacies, and costly foods, seeking after sauces and seasonings, and eating too eagerly
-monks move to desert to avoid this "sin" |
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-303-305
-Emperor diocletian
-rescinding the legal rights of Christians and demanding that they comply with traditional Roman religious practices
-He was trying to turn them back to paganism, to the old Roman religion with the emperor as a God. Therefore, anyone he caught and tried could be released by offering a sacrifice to the gods or to the emperor.
-burned books, bibles, churches, |
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-writings on the subject of such holy people, and specifically to the biographies of saints and ecclesiastical leaders
-Life of Antony, Simeon Stylites, Constantine |
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-first coined by the Gnostics
-States that god the father and god the son are of the same substance
-coined at the 1st council of Nicaea
-fully condemned arianism
-the Christian understanding of God as Trinity. |
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-one of Jesus' 12 disciples
-understands Jesus and stands up to him
-Jesus gives him a secret preaching: Judas will suffer and be replaced
-dream: 12 priests (disciples) going against christian teachings
-Judas is cursed but will be vindicated; frees his soul but betrays Jesus |
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-one of Jesus' 12 disciples
-understands Jesus and stands up to him
-Jesus gives him a secret preaching: Judas will suffer and be replaced
-dream: 12 priests (disciples) going against christian teachings
-Judas is cursed but will be vindicated; frees his soul but betrays Jesus |
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-one of Jesus' 12 disciples
-understands Jesus and stands up to him
-Jesus gives him a secret preaching: Judas will suffer and be replaced
-dream: 12 priests (disciples) going against christian teachings
-Judas is cursed but will be vindicated; frees his soul but betrays Jesus |
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-one of Jesus' 12 disciples
-understands Jesus and stands up to him
-Jesus gives him a secret preaching: Judas will suffer and be replaced
-dream: 12 priests (disciples) going against christian teachings
-Judas is cursed but will be vindicated; frees his soul but betrays Jesus |
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-document given to a Roman citizen to certify performance of a pagan sacrifice
-especially under emperor decius |
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- the Logos, through which all things are made, as divine (arianism)
-knowledge, reason, word
-debated if jesus was from the Logos at council of Nicaea
-The concept of Christ as the Word of God is based mainly upon John chapter one, which in turn is based upon Genesis chapter one
-"in the beginning, the god was with the word, and the word was with god" |
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-306-312
-Roman emperor
-son of former Emperor Maximian, and the son-in-law of Emperor Galerius
-leader of the battle of Milvian Bridge vs. Constantine
-died in battle, the bridge collapsed |
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-profession of faith crede
-doesn't solve all problems, though
-anti-arian
-Jesus was begotten, and not made by the Logos
-Consubstantial: god the father, son, and holy spirit are one being
-jesus is just as divine as the father
-Eusebius of Nicomedia doesn't sign & is banned |
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-185-254 caesarea
-believed in the pre-existance of souls
-church father
-hierarchy of being
-transmigration of souls
-ultimate salvation of all beings and other topics eventually caused him to be labeled a heretic
father-son-holy spirit-|-christ/rational spirit-soul-bodies-animals-plants-rocks---opposing power (cycles and at any time someone can be saved, or move back up in the cycle) |
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- 292-346 A.D.
-founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism
-desert father
-built first monk homes/monasteries and nunneries
-by the time of his death, there were over 7,000 monks in his monasteries |
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-27 BC to 180 AD
-roman peace
-under augustus |
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| resurrection of the flesh |
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-Christ as the Redeemer of the flesh, they will at once be defeated also on the resurrection of the flesh.
-transformation of flesh after death as believed by origen |
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-most known as a translator of Greek patristic material into Latin
-translated the works of Origen
-monk/historian/theologian
-340/345 – 410 |
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-a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper which has been written, drawn or painted upon for the purpose of transmitting information or using as a decoration.
-codex; ex. Gospel of Judas |
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-a spiritual discipline
-sex drive is a flame that needs to cool off eventually
-leads to human freedom** because the body is the site of most important choices |
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-390–459
-ascetic saint who lived on top of a pillar for 39 years
-lack of human necessity=spiritual awakening
-his body is a holy vessel
-ruptured foot & firm footing with god
-body is where god's holiness is made |
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- the Son and the Holy Spirit are subordinate to God the Father in nature and being
-Jesus is different in nature than the Father
-heresy
-primarily the teaching that the Son is not eternal and divine |
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-160 – c. 220 AD
-said sex and bodies are a fact of life
-sex is okay when married but should calm down after procreation
-wrote "on the resurrection of the flesh"
- THE FLESH OR BODY OF MAN; AFFIRMING THAT IT COULD NOT RISE AGAIN, AND THAT THE SOUL ALONE WAS CAPABLE OF INHERITING IMMORTALITY
-coined consubstantial |
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-division of the Roman Empire into a western and eastern empire, with subordinate divisions within the western and eastern empires
-instated by Diocletian
-2 emperors and each emperor has a caesar
-Maximian: emperor; Constantius Chlorus: Caesar
-Diocletian: emperor; Galerius: Caesar |
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-idea of reincarnation
-as believed by Origen |
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