Friday, 26 April 2024, 4:42 AM
Site: Becker Bible Teacher Resources
Course: Becker Bible Teacher Resources (Scholar)
Glossary: Main Glossary
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RevivalThe LORD God outpouring His Presence amongst people |
RigoristsThose holding the ideal that the church is a congregation of saved people seperated from sin. Conversely, Laxists are those who see the church as the instrument of salvation as a kind of hospital for sick souls.1 Tertullian, Hippolytus, and Novatian represent the Rigorist view; Callistus and Cyprian reject this definition of the church.2 1Ferguson, Everett. Church History Volume One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005, 145. 2Ibid. |
Rule of St. BenedictA book of 6th century precepts written for monks living together in a community under the authority of an abbot. The rule book was written by Benedict (c. AD 480-550) and was linked with the abbey of Monte Cassino (south of Rome); it became the most influential rule for monastic life by the 9th century. (See Cluniac Movement)
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