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Religion Final
Paul's Letters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Peters Pentecost Sermon (Acts) | "Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified” |
| Themes of Peter's Preaching | Jesus was the Messiah.;God raised Jesus from dead;Jews should recognized this.;Instead, they guilty of having killed him.;Yet his death was part of God’s plan;apostles are witnesses of Jesus’s resurrection;Jews should repent and receive forgiveness |
| Stephen's Final Words | Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. . . . Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Luke 23:34, 46). • “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. . . . Lord, do not hold this sin against them” (Acts 7:59-60). |
| Undisputed letters | Universally acknowledged as authentic letters of Paul; Romans 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon |
| Deutero-Pauline Letters | Authenticity uncertain due to linguistic/ theological differences from undisputed letters; Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians |
| Pastoral Letters | Very different linguistically from other letters, reflect more developed church structure, least likely to be genuine letters of Paul; 1&2 Timothy, Titus |
| Typical Features of Paul's Letters | (1) Opening Formula (2) Thanksgiving (3) Body (doctrinal-what, ethnical-how) (4) Closing |
| The Parousia | "coming"/"arrival" Jesus is coming back. No one knows when, so be ready. • His coming will trigger the resurrection of dead believers. • He will gather dead and living believers to himself. • His coming will also involve wrath against the wicked. |
| Key Themes of 1 Thessalonians | (1) The Apostles’ Parental Love for the Thessalonians (2) Enduring Persecution (3) Sexual Purity (4) The Fate of Dead Believers (5) Being Prepared for the Parousia |
| Underlying Concerns in 1 Corinthians | The Corinthians are divided. • Many have adopted a libertine attitude. • They continue to be influenced by Greek cultural values. • Many are prideful. |
| Major Topics in 1 Corinthians | Divisions &Wisdom (1 Cor 1-4) • Sexual Conduct & Marriage (1 Cor 5-7) • Food Offered to Idols (1 Cor 8-10) • Spiritual Gifts (1 Cor 12-14) • Resurrection/The Parousia (1 Cor 15) • The Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11) |
| Galatians | The angriest/most confrontational letter of Paul. • The only one of Paul’s letters with no thanksgiving section |
| Central Problem in Galatians | group of Jewish Christians has convinced some of the Gentile Christians that they must be circumcised in order to please God, which is contrary to what Paul had taught them.;These Jewish Christian antagonists of Paul are traditionally referred Judaizers.” |
| Pistis Christou | Pistis can mean either “faith” or “faithfulness”• Pistis Christou could mean either “faith in Christ” or “the faithfulness of Christ”. |
| Major themes in Galatians | Justification, The Holy Spirit, Abraham, curses, The Role of the Law, Freedom from Enslavement, Circumcision |
| Romans | • Unlike Paul’s other letters, Romans is written to a church that he did not establish and that he had not yet visited. • Written from Corinth during Paul’s 3rd missionary journey (c. 57 CE), just before he journeyed to Jerusalem and was arrested. |
| Why Romans | major part of Paul’s purpose in writing Romans is to defuse the hostility between Jews and Gentiles.• He attempts to do this by presenting the gospel in a way that breaks down the boundaries between the two groups.•less harsh than Galatians |
| Hebrews | • Aims to convince Jewish Christians to remain faithful to the gospel despite persecution (perhaps by non-Christian Jews) • Presents Christ as superior to earlier Jewish figures/institutions • More like a sermon than an actual letter |
| Christ is superior to.... | Prophets, angels, Moses, priests, The Covenant with Moses, Animal Sacrifices |
| Paul vs. James | Rom 3:28 “We hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law. ;Ja 2:14, 17 “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but dont have works? Can faith save you?. faith by itself, if it has no works |
| Revelation | The word apocalypse means “uncovering” or “revelation” (not “catastrophe,” “end of the world,” etc.) |
| Apocalypse | An apocalypse is a narrative in which a divine figure reveals to a human visions concerning the future and/or the supernatural realm. • Apocalypses often depict happenings on earth as being impacted by happenings in the supernatural realm. |
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