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REL 1350
Weaver
Study Guide Materials
No dates, but chronological order
No More Like Matthias: Apostolic Fathers (what is one? : ignatious is
one; connects to apostles, students)
 Definition of Apostolic Father
o Their connection to apostles
 Ecclesiology: study of church; author that focused on it was Ignatious; bishop?
 Heresy, Orthodoxy: know both?
 Ignatius of Antioch
o Use of the word catholic: universal/ world wide church; Ignatious
o Monarchical episcopate: bishop monarchy on one king; his view: division
is evil so the bishop keeps you united, follow only one so you know who
to follow/ trust
o View of Eucharist: (know what Eucharist means); Ignatius view(?): real/
literal view of the Lords supper; body=bread, wine=blood (symbol?
o View of Docetism: define; to see more appear; didn’t think Jesus really
had a body but only appeared to have one; divine ghost; based on dualism;
Ign, Arn, others didn’t belive in this, but. (maybe marcion did?)
 Theology of martyrdom
o Meaning of the term
o Letter of Pliny to Trajan
o Ignatius’ conception of martyrdom for himself: Ig liked it; who got
martryd: Ig, prepetua something something, and James Martyr
Apostolic Fathers: the Didache (one of the two Ap fathers ); Persecution of
Early Christians
 Didache ( teaching/ instructions)
o Some characteristics of the “way of life and way of death”: on the reader
(magic, fantasies, abortion, don’t corrupt youth) be able to write some
sentences about one of these? Or…
o Instructions on baptism, fasting and Lord’s Prayer: be able to write some
sentences about one of these? Lords prayer: say it 3 times
o Means of testing a false prophet
o “The author’s words on following the whole yoke of the Lord”: quotation
from the document
o Its other title

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o Address practical questions
 Martyrdom of Polycarp – the fire: AP father
 Perpetua and Felicitas (both on the test; Perp more than once)
o Summarize story:
o Role of father; role/ significatns of the infant; brothers; the pitcher for
water , conditions of women what physical state were they in?
o They are from where….
 Edict of Milan: Constantine as Empire, issued this ; religious freedom, stopped
persecuting Christians; up until Constantine Christianity was illegal
Boundaries of the Faith: Irenaeus and Gnosticism; Montanism
 Gnosticism
o Basic definitions, leaders (valentinos is a leader??)
o Boundaries defined
o Docetism (Gnost were the most famous)
o Dualism of… body (bad) and spirit (good) which is a characteristic of
Gnost
o Gnosis – meaning, how you get it knowledge
o Salvation by… knowledge
o Role and Concept of Jesus: he brought the knowledge,
o Pleroma: know definition
o Demiurge… Creator:
o View of Scriptures: in cannon?
 Opponent: Irenaeus of Lyons (Ir and Ig: on their a lot, know the differnences)
o Battled the Gnostics, Against Heresies
o 3 safeguards to the faith: canon, creed, clergy (follow the clergy if they
have Apostolic succession?) (how did these function)
o Apostolic Succession (and how did Irenaeus personally fit into this
scheme): Iren. was a student of Paul who was a student of Polycarp who