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What
was the main issue debated during the Arian controversy? Why did
Arius' opponents regard this as being of such importance? [answer]
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Why
was the introduction of fixed creeds widely regarded as a welcome
development by many within the churches? [answer]
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Why
was it important to reach agreement on the canon of Scripture? What
practical difference would this have made to theological debate
at the time? [answer]
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The
English historian Thomas Carlyle once suggested that history was
basically the biography of great individuals. On the basis of your
reading of this chapter, who do you think was the most significant
person in relation to the shaping of Christian theology over this
period? [answer]
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Why
was there relatively little interest in the doctrine of the church
in this early period? And why do you think the Donatist controversy
broke out in the Western, rather than the Eastern, church? [answer] |
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Introductory
Level:
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Locate
the following cities or regions on map 1: Alexandria; Antioch; Cappadocia;
Constantinople; Hippo; Jerusalem; and Rome. [answer]
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Now
find the Latin/Greek dividing line on the same map. Latin was the
main language west of that line, and Greek east of it. Identify
the predominant language in each of the cities mentioned in question
1. [answer]
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Which
language would you associate with the following writers: Athanasius;
Augustine of Hippo; Origen and Tertullian? [answer]
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The following movements were of major importance during the patristic
period: Arianism; Donatism; Gnosticism; Pelagianism. Associate the
controversies centering on each of these movements with one of the
following theologians: Athanasius; Augustine of Hippo; Irenaeus of
Lyons. (Note that one of these theologians is associated with more
than one controversy.) [answer] |
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