Christianity Part 2

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Christianity: Part 2


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Truth

• A trans-rational truth

is a truth that is so

profound that it can’tbe fully expressed in

words, so it resorts

to paradoxes & such

thins to point to thetruth!


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Trinity

• "e can see in our

#ery own experience

a three-in-oneexperience that is a

hint about the Trinity!


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$ot %i#ided

• This is a third force

which co'es fro'

abo#e( and allowsus to not be so

di#ided between

opposites!


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)onasticis'

• Another i'portantchane in social

structure was thebeinnin of'onasticis', whichhad its roots in thebiblical tradition ofti'e spent in thedesert as ti'e spentalone with *od!


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Tho'as )erton +.-/01

• Probably the 'ost

fa'ous 'on of

'odern ti'es wasthe writer and poet

Tho'as )erton,

who was a Trappist

'on!


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)any %eno'inations

• The di#ision of

Christianity into

'any differentdeno'inations had

'uch 'ore to do

with politics, power,

and lanuae than itdid with theoloy!


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The 3plit

• The 4astern Church

+nown as the

5rthodox Church1and the "estern

Church +nown as

the 6o'an Catholic

Church1 splitofficially in the year

7.8!


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Tho'as A9uinas +22.-281

• To build brides and

understandin

between 'odernfaith and 'odern

reason, a 'arriae

of science and

spirituality;!!


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3t!


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The Peace Prayer


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The 6efor'ation

• The 6efor'ation

was a decisi#e and

fore#er-chanin(ti'e in Christianity, it

was one of 'any

chanes leadin

toward the 'odern('ind!


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)artin >uther +80?-.8/1

• >uther insisted on the

principle of sola

scriptura, the @ible

alone as uide toChristian faith &

practice! e felt that

sal#ation by race

throuh faith was theclear, central 'essae

of the scriptures!


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Church #s! 3ecular Affairs

• Philosophically, he

unleashed ideas

about indi#idualis'& e9uality that would

stronly nurture

de'ocracy!


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=ohn Cal#in +.7-./81

• Churches nown as

6efor'ed,

Presbyterian, orConreational

ste' fro' the

refor' efforts of

=ohn Cal#in, as didthe Puritan

'o#e'ent!


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*oodbye, Church of 4nland

• These roups

further separated

the'sel#es fro' theChurch of 4nland &

beca'e nown as

Puritan, @aptist,

Buaer, &)ethodist!


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@uildin @rides

• 5#er the last 77years, especially thelast 87, there hasbeen a rowin4cu'enical'o#e'ent that hassouht to buildbrides between thedifferentdeno'inations!


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An 4nrichin 4xperience

• Christians are

seein the

ad#antaes ofdialoue with other

Christians of

different roups!


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)aorD)inor

• 3an


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The


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*rowin


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"hat is F'portantG

• Ff you i#e the people

the riht and

encourae'ent to read

the scriptures in theirown lanuaes, they

will start to ha#e their

own opinions about

what’s i'portant & whatshould be stressed!


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*rowth of Christianity in Africa

• Christianity is a

worldwide reliion

now, and is thefastest rowin

reliion in Africa!


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4uropean ChristianityG

• Fn other words,

4uropean culture

was often seen asnot si'ply the

pacae that

Christianity ca'e in,

but Christianityitself!


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A )anifesto

• Fn an era where we

tae the separation

of Church and 3tateas a 'anifesto of

the way thins

should be, we tend

to foret what ano#el idea this was

and still is!


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)atteo 6icci +..2-/71

• )atteo 6icci 'et the

Chinese on an e9ual

le#el of intellectualrespect!


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3preadin Christianity

• The lobaliHation,

which is taled

about so often thesedays, bean with

this effort to spread

Christianity to e#ery

area of the world!


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4ncounterin =esus

• "e find that

Christian history is

full of people whoha#e had these

encounters with

=esus and then

proclai' so'e'essae!


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The %ar 3ide

• There is a #ery dar

side to Christianity,

not because itsteachins are false,

but because it has

had the opportunity

to rule the world!


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Too 6adicalG

• Perhaps the

'essae of =esus

was ust too radicalto be belie#ed and

li#ed!


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)iht )aes 6ihtG

• "hen we co'bine

the need to be riht

with the power toenforce it, no 'atter

what, then we ha#e

a #ery danerous

proble' on ourhands!


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A %anerous Co'bination

• 5nce the proble's

of the false self were

co'bined withunli'ited power, the

dar side e'ered

and has ne#er one

away!


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>i#es Transfor'ed

• F'aine the state of

the world if 2 billion

Christians wereli#in li#es

transfor'ed by

prayer and lo#e into

li#es of ser#ice andco'passion!


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Prayin for 5ur 4ne'ies

• =esus tauht

Christians to lo#e

their ene'ies andpray for those who

persecuted the'!


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4asy to CriticiHe

• Ft’s easy to criticiHe

institutions &

oraniHations, butthey are 'ade up of

people lie us who

ha#e ideals & don’t

always li#e up tothe'!


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$o Trace

• As with so 'any of

the neati#ities of

Christianity, it isinterestin to note

that we cannot trace

this proble' bac to

=esus!


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*alatians ?:20

• Ft is 'ade clear:

There is no loner

=ew or *ree, thereis no loner sla#e or

free, there is no

loner 'ale or

fe'aleI for all of youare one in Christ

=esus!(


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3econd Century Christianity

• @y the second

century, the 'ost

influential sects ofthe early =esus

'o#e'ent beca'e

extre'ely

'isoynistic!


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%on’t "orry;

• There are so'e

Christians who feel

that ecoloicalconcern is

unnecessary

because =esus will

be co'in bacsoon(, and then it

won’t 'atter!


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3uperstition

• "itch hunts were

al'ost wholly based

on superstition andfear of wo'en, who

were considered

'ore open to

diabolical influencethan 'en!


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3uffraettes

• The liberation

'o#e'ent for

wo'en would notbear 'uch fruit until

the 27th century!


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The Christian 6iht(

• Fs it a te'porary

reaction to liberal

'o#e'entsreardin wo'en, or

is it here to stayG

ow will the ideas

about wo'en shape A'erican historyG


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"hat 4xactly %oes Ft )eanG

• The 'odern

Christian who

accepts on faith that=esus is *od( isn’t

always aware that

the church spent

'any centuriestryin to fiure what

that 'eans!

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