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EXAM II will be held on Monday, March 22nd and
will cover the material from Chapters 6, 8, 9 and 10.
Format for
exam:
Part I. True/false statements
(10).
Part II. Matching
(10).
Part III. Multiple
Choice (10).
Part IV.
3 short essay answer (5 points each)
Please review powerpoints as well (posted to Moodle).
From Placher Ch 6 "Truly Human,
Truly Divine"
Docetism
Arius
Arianism
Athanasius
Nestorianism
Council of Nicea
in 325
Council of
Chalcedon in 451
theory of
recapitulation
Nicene Creed
Principles that
guided debates (rf Placher 69)
creating versus
begetting
in time versus
eternally (rf Placher 74)
idea of "of
the same substance"
Sabellianism
(Skip pages 80-85
although review discussion of Nestorianism on page 81-82.
Mary as the
"bearer of Christ" (vs. "mother of God")
From Placher Ch 8
(Augustine)
Monica's role in
A's life
The
Confessions
The pear-tree
incident
A's early
Manicheanism
Manichean dualism
A's Platonism
Augustine's
"conversion" experience [see passage on page 112]
Donatism
Pelagius and
Pelagianism
doctrine of
original sin
Augustine's view
of grace (see lecture notes)
The City of
God
Review final
paragraph of chapter as useful summary
From Placher Ch 9
The Path to Salvation
Monasticism
Life of Antony
Sacraments
asceticism
celibacy
Antony
controversy re:
marriage
St. Benedict
Eucharist
transsubstantiation
cult of the
saints
Mary, debates about
Mary
immaculate
conception
martyrs
penance, the system
of penance
penitentials
a general sense of
the tensions between the church and the state (skim "Popes and Emperors")
From Placher Ch 10
"The Fragile Synthesis"
New emphasis on
human reason (from God)
Dominicans
Franciscans
St. Anselm
"faith seeking
understanding"
Anselm's
"ontological argument" for the existence of God
Anselm's view of
atonement (owe a debt to God)
Peter Abelard;
Abelard's view of the significance of God's love in Christ (145)
Heloise
Bernard of
Clairvaux
Conflict between
Bernard and Abelard
Bernard's view of
the disinterested love of God
Cathari
Dominican "friars"
St. Francis of
Assisi, the Franciscans
ideal of poverty
Aristotle;
suspicious of Aristotle
Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas on reason
and revelation
Aquinas on nature
and grace
Aquinas' argument
for the existence of God - beginning from observations about the world
new attitude toard
the body
"natural
law"
changing attitudes
towards papal authority
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