Charismatic Revolutionaries in Early Christianity:
The Case of The Acts of Thecla
THESIS:
There are significant theological differences between the letters of Paul and
the documents of the later Pauline traditions---on the understanding, inter
alia, of salvation, resurrection, faith, the church, roles of women and men,
and the eschaton.
QUERIES
- What are the similarities and differences you find among the views on these
four topics?
- What are the relationships and patterns you see among the views on these
four topics?
- What do you see as the significance of these patterns?
- What kind of similarities and differences do you see when comparing these
trends with the changes in the understanding/portrayal of Jesus from the earliest
gospel to the last?
- How ought we to evaluate the shifts in teaching from Paul to the Paulinists?
- How ought we to evaluate the shifts in teaching from Jesus to the Evangelists?
- What do these changes tell us about the history of early Christianity?
- What criteria should be used to determine future doctrine? How do we decide
which doctrinal models to follow?