RELG 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Baptism Of Jesus, Catechumen, Fan Fiction

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 204
• Professor: Charles Douglas Fletcher

Document Summary

Who is jesus: son of god, the messiah= christos (the anointed one, the lord, our savior. John the baptist baptized jesus in the river jordan. Told to go to the desert for 40 days and 40 nights (tempted by the devil) Starts with the birth of john the baptist and focuses on the perspective of mary. E(cid:373)phasizes jesus" ge(cid:374)ealog(cid:455) a(cid:374)d fo(cid:272)uses o(cid:374) joseph"s perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e. Expansion of christianity: christianity expands gradually for the next 400 years, persecution is for the most part intermittent and small scale, constantine, a roman emperor, declares christianity legal in 313 ce, church structure, hierarchy develops: deacons, presbyters, bishops. Scrolls: on papyrus (plant based/ woven reed strands), parchment (animal skin), or vellum. The christian canon (an authoritative collection of books) (cid:862)old testa(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) + ne(cid:449) testa(cid:373)e(cid:374)t 367 ce. Gospels: matthew, mark, luke, john, act of apostles, letters (epistles), pauline letters, *know the dates of these books p. 24 in the textbook.