New Testament, Exam #2, Study Guide Questions

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Who is Polycarp
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
What books of the Bible are missing from Polycarp's letters
1 Thessolonians and Philemon
Papias
Slightly older then Polycarp.
Meaning of the word, "Diadache"
Greek for teaching.
Purpose of Diadache
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..."
Heretic at the time of canonization
Marcion
Life of 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.
Meaning of, "Tertuallion"
Against Marcion
Purpose of Tertuallion
Written to explain the bad doctrine of Marcion. This provides us with a good and accurate description of what happened.
What we know about Marcion's doctrine
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.
Marcion view on Christian life
Asectic life, meaning celebacy, no marriage, etc.
Why we have a canon
Because Marcion made a false one. Our canon is a reaction to Marcion's edited version of the Bible, what he thought was canon.
Four different types of manuscripts
P52, P45, P46, Sinactics
Autographa
The physical original text. We don't have any of these. Which is probably good because we would idolize them!
Meaning of "P" in the P manuscripts
P meaning, papyrus, the material used to write on in this time period.