Listed here are significant terms--persons, places, and ideas--that appear in the readings and lectures, and about which you might be asked on an examination. For each term, you should be able to state what it is (or who it is), and what is its significance to the study of early Christianity. If you are uncertain of the meaning or significance of a term, check the readings and/or ask the professor.
It is a good idea to keep track of these terms over the course the quarter, instead of cramming to look them all up right before an exam. They are presented in order of "appearance" in the course of the quarter. Knowing the meaning and significance of these terms (including dates for individuals or events, and locations on a map for places) will help you prepare for both short answer and long-format (essay) questions (on the final exam).
The goal of this list is not to give you a bare list of terms from which exam questions will be drawn; rather, it is to provide the bare minimum set of resources to ensure that you understand the topics of this course.
UPDATE: The list of terms has been updated to help you prepare for the
midterm examination. Terms that were not covered in class have been crossed out
(like this).
MIDTERM INFORMATION: For the midterm, you should be able to do the following:
1. Identify the source of passages from the sourcebook (these will be obvious, no "trick passages").
2. Provide definitions for significant terms discussed in the reading and in class discussions.
3. Answer factual questions (true/false, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank) based on information found in the readings (especially the introductions to texts in the sourcebooks) and from class discussions.
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hellenism "paganism" Bible monotheism Judaism Septuagint First & Second Jewish Wars Jesus of Nazareth apocalypticism Paul of Tarsus Pliny the Younger Justin Martyr catechumens Platonism Stoicism persecution martyr/martyrdom/martyrology Ignatius of Antioch Polycarp Perpetua "Christianus sum" ("I am a Christian") apology/apologists atheism Athenagoras logos heresy orthodoxy typology allegory "Jewish-Christians" Easter Quartodecimans Gnosticism/gnosis
Nag Hammadi docetism
Sophia archons Muratorian canon Marcion Didache apostles baptism eucharist Irenaeus of Lyon bishops, priests, deacons Montanism/New Prophecy Tertullian docetism Logos-theology Sabellianism/modalism substantia/ousia |
prosopon/persona hypostasis Clement of Alexandria Origen cosmology
Celsus Porphyry "neo-Platonism" Decius libellus Cyprian Diocletian "The Great Persecution" Donatists confessors Constantine the Great pontifex maximus labarum (chi-rho) "Edict of Milan" Constantinople Eusebius of Caesarea Paul of Samosata Arius Council of Nicaea Nicene creed
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homoiousios homoios anomoios Pneumatomachoi Athanasius Cappadocians (Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus) Council of Constantinople Creed of Constantinople Julian "the Apostate" paideia "Hellene" Ephraim Persian Empire metropolitan (bishops) patriarch/pope Damasus of Rome Ambrose of Milan John Chrysostom "Origenist controversy" Hypatia Theodosius I "Altar of Victory"
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asceticism/ascetic monasticism/monk anchorite cenobite lavra Antony Pachomius Eustochium and Paula Symeon the Stylite Manicheans Eve/Mary pilgrimage "holy land" relics eulogiae (blessings) the True Cross Egeria hagiography imitatio Christi Theodoret of Cyrrhus Pelagia Augustine Jerome Vulgate theodicy Pelagianism grace free will ecclesiology Christology "Judaizing" Apollinaris of Laodicea Nestorius Cyril of Alexandria Theotokos Council of Ephesus Eutyches Pulcheria Council of Chalcedon Definition of Chalcedon Monophysites Nestorians basilica baptisteries mosaics liturgy Ulfilas Goths Vandals papacy Armenia Zoroastrianism magi |