Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/03/2025
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Categories
THE THURSDAY EVENING SCRIPTURE STUDY
CLAIMING OUR DIGNITY
AFTER JESUS AND BEFORE CHRISTIANITY
This program is responding to the serious need many have to retrieve the period of history between the death of Jesus and the Nicene Creed. The Creed marks the rise of orthodoxy and what will become the tradition of the Church. Without prejudice to the post-creedal developments, our study is prior to the articulation of the Creed in 325 at the Council of Nicaea. Our yearlong study will begin deep inside the New Testament as we attempt to uncover the voice and work of Jesus of Nazareth and how that voice was heard in the first centuries. We will conclude on the eve of the Council of Nicaea recognizing the rich diversity of thought and practices that characterized the period of time between Jesus and the Nicene definitions.
Twenty Thursday Evenings
6:30 pm – 7:45 pm on ZOOM
January 30, 2025
Introductions to the Series
The Jesus of History / The Christ of Faith
April 3, 10, and 24, 2025
The Crisis of the Death of Jesus
How the First Followers Responded
May 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2025
The Sources of the New Testament
The Followers of Jesus Respond to the Empire
June 26, July 3, 10, and 17, 2025
A Time of Intense Creativity
The Rise of the “Gnostic” Gospels
September 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2025
The Theological Crisis Concerning the Person of Jesus
October 16, 23, and 30, 2025
The Rise of the New Testament and its Implications
What might we mean by “the New Testament”?
November 13, 2025
Summaries and Conclusions
Added by : Susan Batterton
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