Session 4A Misc Items of Session 4 What were the different groups of Judaism like during the time of Jesus Who decides what the beliefs of Catholicism are Questions to address Rewind The Messianic Expectation ID: 396071
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Pascual Session 4.A
Misc. Items of Session 4Slide2
-What were the different groups of Judaism like (during the time of Jesus)-Who decides what the beliefs of Catholicism are?
Questions to addressSlide3
Rewind: The Messianic Expectation
There was no single monolithic and uniform expectation of the Messiah among first-century Jews.
N.T. Wright,
The New Testament and the People of God,
307
.Slide4
The Supreme religious authority in Jerusalem.Governed over issues of religion and secular matters.
Jewish communities dispersed outside Israel (Diaspora) look to them for guidance.
The SanhedrinSlide5
This party was the Priestly Aristocracy of Jerusalem who exercised their power through the Sanhedrin.
Theologically conservative, accepted only the Pentateuch and
rejected
later ideas:
angels, demons and resurrection of the dead, all of which developed in the postexilic period.
SadduceesSlide6
Comprised of both priests and lay peopleSeek to extend Temple holiness to everyday life.
Predecessor of
Rabbinic Judaism.
More Liberal than
Sadducees
accepted angels and demons, free will, judgment after death and resurrection of the dead
The PhariseesSlide7
Highly probable that Jesus engaged in debates with the Pharisees, though unlikely to have been involved in his arrest or execution.
Played a major role in Judaism after the destruction of the Temple (70 AD)
Also, Jewish Christians were excommunicated from the synagogues shortly after.
Note on
PharisessSlide8
Fanatical Jewish nationalists
Used terrorism and assassination against Romans
Interpreted Jewish Messianic Hope politically
Not a major power until 66-70 AD
The ZealotsSlide9
Jewish version of the Omish
withdrawn to the desert
quasi-monastic life under strict rule
settled at Qumran
“Dead Sea Scrolls” comes from them
The EssenesSlide10
Highly eschatological if not apocalyptic
Ritual purity, strict observance of Law
Study of Scriptures
Joining sect meant new covenant relationship with God
Expected for 2 Messiahs
Theological View of EssenesSlide11
Lived in the high country between Judea and Galilee
Mixed people: survivors of Northern kingdom of Israel and the Assyrians
Considered heretical and schismatic by other Jews
Built their own temple on Mt
Garizim
, and did not worship in Jerusalem
Accepted only the Pentateuch
Messiah was seen as “The Restorer”
The SamaritansSlide12
The Jewish groups during the destruction of the Temple
The Jewish Revolt (66-70 A.D.)
Sanhedrin
Sadducees
Pharisees
The Essenes
The Samaritans
“The Way” (followers of Jesus)Slide13
Religion Tree/
Timeline
TEMPLE JUDAISM
RABBINIC JUDAISM
Pharisees
Followers of THE WAY
CHRISTIANITY
66-70AD
132-133Slide14
-What were the different groups of Judaism like (during the time of Jesus)-Who decides what the beliefs of Catholicism are?
Questions to addressSlide15
-What were the different groups of Judaism like (during the time of Jesus)
-Who decides what the beliefs of Catholicism are?
Questions to addressSlide16
Popular understanding of receiving doctrine (Pre-Vatican)
Known as the juridical view
Formal Teaching:
The Magisterium promulgates law and teaches doctrine
2) Reception
The faithful obediently accept these laws and doctrinesSlide17
Post-Vatican Model
1a) The Christian faithful’s
pluriform
expression of its faith
2a) Episcopal Reception of these Expressions of Faith
3a) Official
Formulation
as Doctrine
4a) Reception of Doctrinal FormulationsSlide18
The transmission of faith comes through the life of the Church (worship, Scripture, Tradition) protected by the successors of the Apostles (the bishops
).
Most authoritative formulations occur in “ecumenical councils.” See Acts 15.
Catholics see the first ecumenical council to be The Council of Jerusalem (in Acts 15)
Non-Catholic Historians prefer to begin with the Council of
Nicea
(325 AD)
The latest council is Vatican II (1960-69)Slide19Slide20Slide21Slide22
From
http
://www.newadvent.org/library/almanac_14388a.htmSlide23
How was the New Testament put together?
The Books for the New Testament Canon was decided on two criteria:
-associated with an apostle in some way
- orthodox in doctrine (use in worship)
Interplay of life of the Church and the written Scripture
- living community checked and controlled by the testimony of the apostle
- the written records were checked and controlled by the living communitySlide24
Early decades of the 2nd Century, there are evidence of the modern day canon
But not definitively finalized until 380-90AD (in the West)
Significantly later in the East.
Brown E., Raymond.
Introduction to the New Testament.
Bokkenkotter
, Thomas.
A Concise History of the Catholic Church.
Gonzalez L., Justo.
The Story of Christianity.
Gaillardetz
, Richard.
By What Authority? A primer on Scripture, the Magisterium and the Sense of the Faithful.
Finalization of the NT CanonSlide25