Advent ofChristianit

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Dr. Anita Fisher

Dates For Jesus Christ

•Range from 12 b.c.e. to 35 c.e.

•Most now say 4 or 5 b.c.e. birth

•Death dates 29 or 30 c.e.•Born in Bethlehem – but which one?

Nativity scene from 13th c. Armenian Manuscript

A representation of Jesus as the sun-god Helios

/Sol Invictus riding in his

chariot. Mosaic of the

3rd century on the Vatican

grottoes under

St. Peter's

Listed as early Last Supper

Late 4th c. image of Jesus

Mural painting from the catacomb of Commodilla. One of the first bearded images of Jesus, late 4th century.

Jesus’ Messages

•Salvation•God’s forgiveness of sinners•Do unto others as you would hve them do unto you

•All men are brothers•Kingdom of God

Artemis’ Temple at Ephesus

Thecla

Iconium

Thecla’s Shrine

Paul, Mary & Peter

Constantine’s Contributes to Christianity

•Council of Nicaea – 325•Nicaean Creed•Wealth of Pagan temples, etc. to Christian churches

•Legalizing Christianity•Mother Helena’s contributions

Structure of the Church

•Priests•Deacons and Deaconesses•Bishops•Archbishops•Patriarchs•Pope = Pontifex Maximus

Social Services of the Church

•Food•Clothing•Jobs•Lodging

Different Versions of Scriptures

• Apocryphal• Lost Books of the Bible• Coptic• Vulgate• Nag Hammadi• Samaritan• King James• Pseudoepigraphy• Revised Standard• New Revised Standard• New Application Bible

Different Christian “Heresies”

•Gnosticism•Donatism•Pelagianism•Arianism

St. Nicholas strikingBishop Arius

Egyptian Coptic Church