Mr Mac: Ch7 study guide

CH7: The Power of Bishops

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The first Christians believed that the new birth by the Spirit was the indispensable mark of the Christian.

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According to our text, catholic Christianity was complete when the Churches granted to bishops the power to forgive sins.

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There were two forms of local leadership in the early Church, the first were known as elders or bishops.

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The second group of church leaders were known as deacons, who assisted the bishops in their ministry.

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The deacons assisted the bishops in every way except presiding at the Lord's Supper.

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At the beginning of the 2nd century CE, Ignatius, the bishop of Antioch, wrote of three forms of Church leadership. Now in addition to bishops and deacons, there were presbyters who are now known as priests.

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The doctrine of "Apostolic Succession", means that any bishop can trace his "apostolic" ministry back to one of the Apostles, through a succession of "laying on of hands" (now known as ordination).

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The early Christian communities did not tolerate unholy members in their midst. Gross sinners were ejected from the church.

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The high level of morality in the Church ws a primary argument for the truth of Christianity.

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Justin devoted lengthy sections of his book Apology to a statement of the moral principles in Christians.

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Justin wants to prove that goodness in not just a pale ideal but a power developed on all sides and actually exercised in life.

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In the first and second centuries, Christians looked for proof of the Spirit's power in the lives of believers.

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Modernists want the church to adapt to the times.

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The early Church did not forgive three sins: Sexually Immorality, Murder, and Apostasy (denial of faith).
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Pope Callistus (217-222 CE) was the first bishop to allow repentant sinners to return to the Church.

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Pope Callistus based his decision to allow sinners to return to the Church on the Scriptural basis that Jesus had given the power to bind and loose the sins of men to Peter (and arguably his successors).

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Martyrdom, the baptism of blood, represented the utmost glory that a Christian could attain.

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Pope Cornelius was opposed by Bishop Novatian who believed that the Church did not have the power to forgive the grave sins of adultery, murder, and apostasy.

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Christians who were killed for their faith were known as "martyrs", that is "witness".

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Pope Cornelius viewed the Church as a School for Sinners, not a society of Saints.