DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AD 70AD 70
JEWISH REVOLT66-70 AD
Matthew 24:1-2 24:1 Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”
Futurist
Preterist
“An eschatological viewpoint that places many or all eschatological events in the past, especially during the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70”
R. C. Sproul The Last Days According to Jesus, p. 228
Full Preterists Partial Preterists
AD 70
At the end of history
AD 70 At the end of history
Coming (parousia) of Christ
Yes No Yes (judgement)
Yes (bodily)
Resurrection and rapture Yes No No Yes
Day of the Lord Yes No Yes Yes
Judgement yes no yes yes
Apostolic Church
Post – Apostolic Church
Approx
30 AD
Approx
100 AD
Approx
450 AD
1517 1648 AD
(1688 in England
PRESENT
Transition PointsMAJOR CHANGE
Early Church
Medieval Church
Reformation
APOSTOLIC FATHERS (95-140)
“To Edify Christians”
APOLOGISTS (125-195)
“To Defend Christianity”
POLEMICISTS (190—250)
“To Fight False Doctrine”
PATRISTIC Latin pater “father”
Writings of the Apostolic Fathers
Writings of the Apostolic FatherWritings of the Apostolic Father
1. CLEMENT OF ROME The Epistle to the Corinthians
“…the oldest and best among sub-apostolic writings both in form andsubstance” Schaff, Vol. 2, p. 642
2. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHE
Unity of the local church
7 Epistles Smyrna
•Ephesians
•Magnesians
•Trallians
•Romans
Troas
•Philadelphians
•Smyrneans
•To Polycarp
Unity of one bishop (presbyter) in charge of each ‘church’
presiding over the elders in the churches
3. POLYCARP
Epistle to Philippi
“. . . remembered vividly his mode of life and personal appearance, his discourses to the people, and his communications respecting the teaching and miracles of the Lord, as he had received them from the mouth of John and other eye-witnesses, in agreement with the Holy Scriptures”
Iraneus as quoted by Schaff, V. 2, p.665
4. DIDACHE
“It is very simple in its approach” and “reflects a primitive (pre-episcopal)era in church government” Waldron, p. 65
•Contrasts Way of Life with Way of Death
•Discusses church practices
5. Epistle to Diognetus
“The epistle of Diognetus comes closer…to a real understanding of the Pauline doctrine of grace than any document I have yet read prior to Saint Augustine” Dr. Calhoun
6. The Octavius by Minucius Felix
7. Epistle of Barnabas
8. Shepard of Hermes
Alexandria ca. 120-130
How to assess these writings?
1. “Cliff phenomenon”
2. Appreciation
Schaff V. II, pg. 634-635
Writings of the Apologists (125-195)Writings of the Apologists (125-195)
Justin Martyr 100-160
•Personal testimony
•The Old Testament predicted the coming of Christ
Tertullian 160-225
A Dialogue with Trypho
APOLGIESAGAINST HERESIESCHRISTIAN VIRTUES
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