THEO 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Magisterium, Original Sin, Biblical Literalism
17 Feb 2017
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Coming to be 2nd in influence to islam (according to prothero) Fastest growing areas of christianity: asia and africa, particularly the spiritual traditions (pentecostalism/evangelicalism) Problem/solution: the problem sin generally describes the human capacity for wrongdoing, original sin notion that human beings are born outside of right relationship with god, sin is inheritable, our proto-ancestors (adam and. Eve) disobeyed god and it separated us from god, we are born with that separation. Different understanding of the spirit from the west. Orthodox reject the authority of the pope, believe he is just the bishop of rome. 1517 ce luther breaks off professor reinhard believes that the opposite creates the other, so roman. Catholicism did not exist until luther split off and rejected it, which is why she attributes these to the same date. Magisterium official teaching office of the church, Catholics believe you need assistance reading scripture so as not to misunderstand it.
