Mr Mac: Ch7 study guide

CH7: The Power of Bishops

Name: ___________________
Date: ___________________

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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.

Melvin

I think that if the people of those times didn't included those books it must've been for a reason. They probably had a really good reason to no include them. I also think they should've add them because in those books you would've find something that would've helped you if you were passing through a hard time.

antonio test response

i think the Apocrapha should be included in all canons because they are historical books as well as rest of the others, and nobody should decide to wether the books should not be included because they have no right to do that with the Apocrapha. Those books should be included because they are full of very helpful facts, that could help anybody who is having a bad time or a happy time.

catia's test response

I think that they should be included. They should be included because that way we know what they are about and what they teach. I do no think those books say bad things. Therefore I do not understand why they are not included. Many books like the books of the Apocrypha have been excluded, and the reasons of why they have been excluded I do not really understand. These Apocrypha books could bring god teachings into our lives and should be included.

Alejandra Ramirez

     I think that the deuterocanonical books should be included that way we can have more information about jesus, we can learn more if we have more books o read from. I think it is always better to have extra information and be extra prepared. The deuterocanonical books of the Apocrypha can help us to have more ideas or ways of behavior. 

Luisa G. : Test responce

Do you think that the Deuterocanonical books of the Apocrapha should be included in all canons? Why, or why not?
I think they should be accepted. i think they should be accepted because they are historical books as well as the rest of them, and nobody except for them had the right to say if they should or shouldn't be included. Also those books are written by every wise people and tell things that are very true. They could help us live our lives better and make better decisions when we are passing through a tough time.

Elisa (test response)

The Deuterocanonical books of the Apocrapha should be included in all canons because some of them include the rules of living. Why would anyone want to exclude them? Then they are only creating a new religion. This one will not be the one God wants us to follow. I believe that people do not have the right to decide what books qualify and and which ones do not.