Unit I<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) During the weeks topics of church and state it talks about the prosecution of Christians under Diocletian. However in Christianity the first three thousand years<\/em>, it does not go into depth for the reasoning of Diocletian’s persecutions other than a short mention on pages 15-176 in two paragraphs which mentions he may have been influenced by advisors<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cousin, J. (2020, January 01). Reorganization of the empire. Retrieved August 03, 2020, from https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Diocletian\/Reorganization-of-the-empire<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoping to dig further into the life of Diocletian, I figured a more in depth explanation of his life might give insight into what he was thinking about and why he came to be lead to persecute Christians. As research seems to indicate he saw nothing wrong with religious freedoms. I can only imagine the thought process behind and difficulty to manage an entire empire and he may have used insight from other leaders to think this would bring Rome together, but ultimately ended up being his undoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2) During discussions of Conversion and Resistance we talked through some of the Creeds, and other documents discussed on philosophy and theology. Other than some insights through Bettenson and MacCulloch’s Christianity the firest three thousand years<\/em> we do seem to touch on these ideas, I wanted to dig a tad deeper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kelly, J. (2017, April 12). Patristic literature. Retrieved August 09, 2020, from https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/patristic-literature<\/p>\n\n\n\n This in depth look at writings by many different schools of thought that takes a look up to the 8th century. It takes a look on apostolic, gnostic, and apologists from the pre-Nicene period. As well gives a look post-Nicene writings from the schools of Antioch, Edessa & Nisbis, and even views from monastic literature. I am hoping to gain a better understanding of these areas while diving into this literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3) During week 2’s discussions we looked at there were discussions of mysticism and women in christanity. We needed to delve deeper into the life of Thelca and the primary course texts seems to give one of the best dives into Thelca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hylen, S. (2015). A modest apostle: Thecla and the history of women in the early church<\/em>. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:https:\/\/oxford-universitypressscholarship-com.ezproxy.proxy.library.oregonstate.edu\/view\/10.1093\/acprof:oso\/9780190243821.001.0001\/acprof-9780190243821-chapter-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is as in depth is we are going to find on the life of Thecla, while MacCulloch does have some text in reference to here it kind of brushes past it quickly and is more of a side note than anything. This will give me the in depth look I need to better study this material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Unit II<\/p>\n\n\n\n Morris, C. (1989). The papal monarchy: The western Church from 1050 to 1250<\/em>. Oxford: Clarendon Press. doi:https:\/\/oxford-universitypressscholarship-com.ezproxy.proxy.library.oregonstate.edu\/view\/10.1093\/0198269250.001.0001\/acprof-9780198269250<\/p>\n\n\n\n This seems to give me the best viewpoint of how nations and religion were formed in the medieval ages through the eyes of Popes and bishops. As we know much of what was thought was formed opinions was really whatever the pope or church thought at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2) on discussions of marriage and sex during medieval eras we learn very little through primary course text of MacCulloch. The only way to get a better understanding of this is utilizing the additional readings section of the course text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Halverson, J. L. (2008). Contesting Christendom: Readings in medieval religion and culture<\/em>. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. doi:https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/osu\/detail.action?docID=1343850<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading through this I have been given a better understanding of how marriage values were built at least in France, which may give better insight throughout Europe as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3) Thinking of the crusades, many of our Source texts talk about the big points of some of the crusades but kind of brush off many of the smaller details along with what actually happened with the crusades and why they happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cartwright, M. (2020, September 01). First Crusade. Retrieved August 27, 2020, from https:\/\/www.ancient.eu\/First_Crusade\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n This gives a much more detailed and in depth look at Pope Urban II crusade with many more of the minutia details that were overlooked in many of the course texts. It gives me a better understanding of what all happened, why it happened, and the outcome of this crusade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Unit III<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1) During week 5 we begin to look at the discussion of Muslim history to an extent. We look at when Muhammad was born and the ideas of how the Quran came to light. Thought it is not something I have ever looked into I figured it might be good to have a reference source for this. Though many look at the Muslim faith as one of anger, its not how it initially started but through much perversion of translations and explanation has had many bad followers throughout the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/quran.com\/?local=en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This seems to be a great source of the Quran broken down into English that could give me a better in depth look and understanding of the Muslim religion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2) In discussions in week 5 we begin to take a more in depth look at how the church starts having more influence on marriage, and what changes it makes. Though to understand how these changes are made we have to look beyond the course texts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mengel, D. C., & Wolverton, L. (2015). Christianity and culture in the Middle Ages: Essays to honor, John Van Engen<\/em>. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. doi:https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/osu\/detail.action?docID=3441189<\/p>\n\n\n\n This book was instrumental in my look at how the church viewed marriage and what it did to shape and change how many people viewed marriage and still has effect even today with our ceremonies done in churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3)On the discussion of church and state I relized in week 6 we do little to dive into Canon law how its established, or what any of the Canon’s might truly be. I decided to pull another source from Britannica again to do some more research<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2007, September 13). Code of Canon Law. Retrieved August 28, 2020, from https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Code-of-Canon-Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n This gives a more thorough explanation of cannon laws, gives guidance on some of them that were enacted, and gives more insight into canon law as a whole. I definitely dug into this website a bit deeper than probably need be, but it defintely helped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Unit IV<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1) On week 7’s discussion of Mysticism we briefly talked about the black death. There are a few footnotes discussed in MacCulloch and a few other of the course texts, it barely scratches the surface on what the overall effects were and how every religion viewed it. I needed a resource to better understand this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark, J. (2020, August 28). Religious Responses to the Black Death. Retrieved August 29, 2020, from https:\/\/www.ancient.eu\/article\/1541\/religious-responses-to-the-black-death\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n This gave an in depth look at how the black death was viewed and the response by many different religious affiliations. I enjoyed reading through this thoroughly and I got some insight overall how this worked during the time period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2) On discussion of Woman in Christianity one of my peers noted how many women are unable to become ordained through many different religious affiliates. It’s not something I had ever thought about before or pondered about in my life. Looking back most pastors or ministers have always been male and it wasn’t something I gave much thought. I was shocked to see so many religions disavowed women being ordained. This resource gave me a lot to think about with a few of my posts and 1 of my essay papers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Macy, G. (2012). The hidden history of women’s ordination: Female clergy in the medieval West<\/em>. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:https:\/\/oxford-universitypressscholarship-com.ezproxy.proxy.library.oregonstate.edu\/view\/10.1093\/acprof:oso\/9780195189704.001.0001\/acprof-9780195189704<\/p>\n\n\n\n This book gave me a lot of insight about female ordination and the roots of what has stopped and prevented it for so long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3) Having gone to many Lutheran church services as a younger adult (grandparents were devout lutheran), I never really understood the need for differences in church affiliates. Many of the customs were the same in other churches I had visited as a young adult. Also during week 8’s discussion of Protestantism it starts talking about those differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meister, C. V., & Stump, J. B. (2017). Christian thought: A historical introduction<\/em>. London: Routledge. doi:https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/osu\/detail.action?docID=534204<\/p>\n\n\n\n This gives an in depth look at when Lutherans diverged from Catholicism, it gives more reasoning of differences. It was a good read to understand where the differences stemmed from. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unit I 1) During the weeks topics of church and state it talks about the prosecution of Christians under Diocletian. However in Christianity the first three thousand years, it does not go into depth for the reasoning of Diocletian’s persecutions … Continue reading