RELG 207 Lecture 6: Christianity

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 207
• Professor: Julia Stenzel, Hadi Fakhoury, Paolo Livieri

Document Summary

Jesus christ marked the link between eternal substance and human life: mark is usually considered the most accurate one, matthew, mark, luke are the synoptic gospels, gospels composed between 70 & 100 ce, represents the humanity/kingship/sacrifice/vision of christ (the creatures accompanying each of the gospel authors, jesus rose from death > defeating death and healing humanity from sin. >met jesus christ, and jesus asked him: saul, why are you persecuting me? > paul converted to christianity > the apostle refers to paul: paul shaped christianity as a religion different from judaism and provided the coherent theological basis for the gentiles (non jews, the core elements of paul"s epistles: 1) the importance of resurrection for the balance between power and love: although you are still sinning/suffering in the short run, the reign of god will eventually triumph 2) the notions on right and wrong are natural knowledge, the.