REL 2029 Chapter : Christianity
Document Summary
He is being very specific: what are the implications of calling the. Christian scripture new and old testaments: by calling it old we suggests the text is outdated, meaning. Bible daily, but as time moved on we see a more widespread reading of the bible: why wasn"t the new testament written down. Jesus fully; then we wouldn"t need jesus: this ideas are all known as heresies to the church. Earliest christians understood doctrine as a particular view, but as community grew and so did views doctrine became a necessary thing: 2. Teachings that became orthodox basically won , these writings weren"t burned or had more political pull: 3. Someone calling orthodoxy good, heresy bad: 4. Heresy were free thinkers, orthodoxy were blinded people trying to defend the church: 5. God is a necessary being, he is the greatest thing that exists. That than nothing greater can be perceived: substitutionary atonement- jesus" death satisfies the gift of god.
