REL 2029 : Exam 2 Essay Questions
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Possible essay discussions the teachings and significance of jesus in the bible: council of nicaea (325) Debates on controversy such as the divinity of jesus. Nicene creed started here: discusses faith in the trinity, council of constantinople (381) Christianity is made the official religion of the roman empire: council of chalcedon (451) Continued debate; ratifies that jesus is both fully human and divine: two forces and one human, heresy rejected by the church councils. Gnosticism (2nd century: gnosis = knowledge, the material world is the evil result of a fall from pure spiritual existence. Jesus is the bearer of a secret, saving knowledge: and also the achiever of spiritual perfection, practice of a second baptism to achieve spiritual perfection, heresy because you cannot be equal to jesus because of. Marcionism (2nd century: marcion suggested that the hebrew bible should not be part of.
