World Religions
CHRISTIANITY 
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From Hopfe Ch. 12  p.270-288
1. What was the spiritual status of the Roman world, and especially of Judaism, in the 1st century C.E.? 

2.  What are three of the major teachings of Jesus?  What are the best sources of information about the life of Jesus?  What are the drawbacks of these sources? 

3.  What was the influence and major teachings of Paul?  How did his direction differ from that of the Jerusalem church? 

4.  How did the Christian church go from a persecuted minority to the dominating force in the Roman world? 
 
p. 288-308
5.  What was the major impact of Augustine on the teachings of the church?  Of  Thomas Aquinas? 

6.  Why did the Christian church split into eastern and western sections? 

7.  What were the  theological reasons for the Protestant Reformation? 

8.  (Not in Hopfe-Your list) What are the three things that all Christians believe? 

 
Read Smith's Christianity   (Q1 and 2- 317-339, Q 3-5 p. 339-346, Q 6- 346-362)

1.  Describe the character of Jesus as described in the reading. 

2.  According to Smith, if the Good News of the Gospel was not the teachings of Jesus, what was it? 

3. Explain the concept of the incarnation . 

4. Explain the relationship between atonement and sin. 

5. Explain the concept of the trinity and how Christians understand the relationship between these three aspects of God. 

6.  What are the basic, underlying philosophical differences between the Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox faiths?  Can you pinpoint their philosophical disagreements?
 

 
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