RELIGST 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Christian Ethics

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2HH3
• Professor: Stephen Westerholm

Document Summary

Missionary: referred to as the founder of christianity very misleading and he would refuse this title. Do(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)ho (cid:271)rought christia(cid:374)ity to egypt, o(cid:373)e et(cid:272) (cid:271)ut paul (cid:449)as (cid:448)ery i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)tial (cid:894)(cid:271)rought. Christianity to many places) was responsible of the (south) = turkey, greece, macedonia. Wherever he went, he settled and established a community of believers. Jewish law: paul played a major role in resolving this debate in the early church. Paul spoke to the non-jews (gentiles) issues on who keeps the sabbath, who was circumcised, what to eat etc Law of moses is the law of god. Influenced the christian ethical thought (what is right or not) Paul did not write theology intention was not to symmetrically portray christianity; dealt with issues that arose. Paul was a theologian had to figure out god(cid:859)s i(cid:374)te(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith a (cid:271)road theologi(cid:272)al (cid:449)orld(cid:448)iew; became fundamental for christian thinking: theologian: attempt to give a definition to things but giving account to god, unlike philosophy.