THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Patristics, Roman Senate, Common Era
6 Oct 2016
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The patristic period 1st centuries of christian tradition. Starts with the postapostolic times, roughly 100 c. e (common era) End: protestant: constantine (306-337), middle ages begin, catholic: much later, 11th century, year 800 accounts for all opinions: new intellect eastern christianity turns to the north toward slavic populations, same flexibility to medieval or modern periods . History of dogma, history of doctrine, history of christian thought, history of theology. Present study: not church"s perspective, respond to 20th century detached interest in the development of christianity as a social and religious movement. Khristianism s: greek for christianity referred to concrete christian way of life compared to the jews and greeks. (2nd century) Patristics is interdisciplinary, lots of disciplines with a common interest. A lot of new sources to study antiquity in past century and a half. Textual approach; written testimonies, built their ideas of the past on textual remains, anthropology and sociology.
