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What exactly, is the message of the "Good News" and why was it so revolutionary? Is an understanding of its meaning essential for understanding world history since the life and death of Jesus Christ? Why or why not?
Why exactly was it important for early "Nicene" Christianity to get clear on what was essential for faith? Do you think that the early church was right to insist that everyone that claimed to be Christian affirm the claims found in the early creeds?
What exactly, was the significance of the Emperor Constantine's Edict of Toleration in the early days of Christianity? Do you think that the nature and message of Christianity, the "Good News" changed after it was issued? If so, how? If not, why not?
What were the major issues that led to the Protestant Reformation in the West? How did the Catholic Church respond? Are issues about science and sexuality bigger social issues for the church today than the theological concerns of the Reformation? Why or why not?
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What exactly, is the message of the "Good News" and why was it so revolutionary? Is an understanding of its meaning essential for understanding world history since the life and death of Jesus Christ? Why or why not?
Why exactly was it important for early "Nicene" Christianity to get clear on what was essential for faith? Do you think that the early church was right to insist that everyone that claimed to be Christian affirm the claims found in the early creeds?
What exactly, was the significance of the Emperor Constantine's Edict of Toleration in the early days of Christianity? Do you think that the nature and message of Christianity, the "Good News" changed after it was issued? If so, how? If not, why not?
What were the major issues that led to the Protestant Reformation in the West? How did the Catholic Church respond? Are issues about science and sexuality bigger social issues for the church today than the theological concerns of the Reformation? Why or why not?
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Early Christianity
* What exactly, is the message of the "Good News" and why was it so revolutionary?
- The message of "good news" is said to, "proclaim the solution to the world's troubles...offering peace, abundance, and joy."
http://www.truegospel.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/basics.tour/ID/9/Why-is-Gospel-Good-News.htm
- Revolutionary?
"Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the captains of the Temple guard, and the elders who had come for him. "Am I some dangerous revolutionary," he asked..." Luke 22:52
- Revolutionary is defined in a number of ways, and the term fits the gospel because it was NEW!
"of, pertaining to, characterized by...a sudden, complete, or marked change; radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles,etc."
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/revolutionary
- The "good news" was as revolutionary as electricity, airplanes, and other great inventions like the World Wide Web, and Space Travel.
* Is an understanding of its meaning essential for understanding world history since the life and death of Jesus Christ? Why or why not?
- Yes, ...
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