Practice Identifications

Please read the following identifications. First, rank the IDs in each grouping from best to worst [1 is the best]. Write comments on the IDs giving constructive criticism.

1)  Paul of Tarsus à Jew that detested christianity. He then was converted and went gung ho at recruiting people. The romans treated him like a criminal.

2)  Paul of Tarsus was a Roman citizen who originally opposed the teachings of Jesus until a vision on a road convinced him of Jesus as the messiah . . . After his conversion to the faith he began teaching in 46 A. D. his new beliefs to both Jews and non-Jews in the urban communities. His teachings were controversial to the Jewish community because although he followed basic Jewish guidelines, he didn’t require non-Jews to perform all standards such as circumcision or fasting to make conversion easier. He continued his teachings until 65 when he was executed by leaders of the Roman Empire who feared that Paul’s new teachings defied Roman leadership and may cause a revolt against the government.

3)  Paul of tarsus was one of the followers of Christ. he first began his teachings as one of the diciples for christians he is better known as the one who denied christ 3 times. later Paul went to Rome to teach and help spread the beliefs of Christ

4)  Paul of Tarsus was one of Jesus’ more significant worshippers. Near or after the death of Jesus, Paul spread word of Christianity beyond the Jewish people of Palestine. As a result, Christianity took its first step into an unwelcoming wider world. In 46 A. D. Paul traveled to preach to the Jews of Diaspora and Gentiles. In his teachings he greatly rejected the ideas of sexual immortality and polytheism. He was a great servant for Christianity and had a large weight in its future success until his death in 65 A. D.

1)  Apostolic succession this was an idea from King Antichous which the Jews were in a long blood revolt which this means “revealing what is hidden.” It also was the thought that they were evil powers that were controlling the world ideas at that time. So therefore God sent his son “the chosen” so people could have salvation in him and spend eternal life with God. This also provided infleuntional among Christians, Muslims, and Jews.

2)  Apostolic succession is the term used for the Christian bishops’ justification for their rule. They used the New Testament to assert that there was a direct line from Jesus to the bishops. The New Testament says Jesus appointed Peter as the first bishop of Rome, saying, “For thou art Peter, and on this rock I build my church.” This argument helped bishops cement their authority in a time when disputes among Christians were causing tension. The new religion needed unity, and this required solid hierarchy. The doctrine of apostolic succession is still used today, to justify the Pope’s authority over disputes about orthodoxy.

3)  Apostolic succession took place after Jesus Christ’s death. This is where Jesus’ Apostles took his teachings and preached them around the then known world. They spread this knowledge to congregation in the first century which also went about preaching about Jesus’s spiritual teachings.

1)  Jewish Apocalypticism—the start of the Christian break off. Where people started to separate themselves from the Jews. They didn’t want to belive the same way as the rest & did like what was going on so they decided to change & break off.

2)  The bloody revolts of the Jews before the birth of christ left dispair. They needed something, it seems, to live for. The birth of Jewish Apocalypticim came—the awaiting of the hidden one. It stirred the minds of rulers into anxiety, only to further be paranoid and devoutly against Christ when born.

3)  There was a struggle within the Jewish sect with what the Jews considered injustices of the world. Jewish apocalypticism developed as a sort of answer to the questions surrounding their faith. At the moment the evil or unjust ruled the world, but in time God would send the Messiah/Christ to punish the wicked and bring salvation to those who had followed the correct path. The Christ would then take his rightful place upon the throne of the world. The coming of Jesus fulfilled these prophecies for some and led to certain followings of his teachings.

4)  Evil powers and humans ruled the world. But that would end one day when God came back and conquers all. God will bring eternal punishment to the evil. The Jews believed that God would come and deliver them from the rulers of their day.

5)  This was the idea of the early Christians & Jews that divine and human evil powers control the present world, but that God would send a Messiah (Hebrew translation) or Christ (Greek translation) or “anointed one” to pass judgment on the evil doers. That the righteous would no longer be the minority or lower class, the losers, they would be given the kingdom of heaven. Apocalypticism meaning “revealing what is hidden” in Greek. Eventually influenced not only Jews, but later Christians & Muslims.

After ranking the IDs, grade each on a 10-point scale (9-10 = A, 8 = B, 7 = C, 6 = D, 5 or less = F).

Write a number grade for each ID in the margin. What criteria distinguish the better IDs from the weaker answers? Be specific.