New Testament, Exam #2, Study Guide Questions

Followed Jesus his whole life. He would not recant of his belief of Jesus so he was martyerd. Polycarp recieved and sent letters that include a significant portion of the N.T. gospels and epistles. Shows that they were accepted books and that they were familiar to audience

1 Thessolonians and Philemon

Slightly older then Polycarp.

Greek for teaching.

A summary of the 12 apostles and their teachings. It is not canon and does not claim to be as it uses the phrase, "the gospel says..."

Marcion

Christian upbringing, was sent to a gnostic school, where he learned that we must obtain special knowledge, the secret of salvation and knowledge is what salvation is based on. He was excommunicated from the Church.

Against Marcion

Written to explain the bad doctrine of Marcion. This provides us with a good and accurate description of what happened.

He had a belief in two gods, the god of wrath from the Old Testament, and the god of grace from the New Testament. Jesus was not born of a virgin birth (this would be physical). He like Christians believed that salvation was by faith alone. He threw out all of the Old Testament and anything relation the O.T. in the New Testament. He edited a lot of the Bible to fit into his views on how "Christians" should live.

Asectic life, meaning celebacy, no marriage, etc.

Because Marcion made a false one. Our canon is a reaction to Marcion's edited version of the Bible, what he thought was canon.

P52, P45, P46, Sinactics

The physical original text. We don't have any of these. Which is probably good because we would idolize them!

P meaning, papyrus, the material used to write on in this time period.