RELI 1710 Lecture 4: RELI1710-Oct3
18 Dec 2016
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Gnostics (know: jesus only appeared to be human. Marcion: demiurges (evil) were behind creation, judaism, and the hebrew bible, rejected gospel of matthew from his canon, marcion had anti-jewish sentiment, shaped how he constructed his canon. Orthodoxy and heresy (2nd century: orthodoxy proper, true, correct, hersey dangerous, immoral. Constantine makes christianity legal and gives them an army (orthodox position) Persecution by the state have to practice religion in secret. Constantine (general in roman army) 4th century: night before the battle for the milvien bridge constantine had a dream with a symbol that said conquer in this sign . Labarum / chi-rho (sign of the followers of jesus) is the sign that he saw in the dream that led to the victory of that war and went on to become. He thought that the christian god spoke to him and led him to win that war went on the honour christianity by making it legal (edict of milan)
