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Which Christian group does this describe? They are members of a Christian group with roots that began in England in the 1650s and have about 210,000 members world wide today. They are sometimes called the Society of Friends and they believe that God is in everyone. They argue for direct experience with God and that priests are not needed. They are well known for their “silent” meetings for worship where the group sits for an hour in silence unless one is moved by the Holy Spirit to speak.      

In the documentary titled From Jesus to Christ, it makes the case that around the time of Jesus  others were also called the Son of God or the Divine. Augustus was one example mentioned.

At the Council of Chalcedon what did they conclude (covered in the reading and lecture)?

According to the Jewish tradition, who united the kingdom of Israel around the capital city of Jerusalem?

According to the reading (Harvard article), the Hebrews did not represent God in any human form or earthly likeness (rejecting the anthropomorphic tendency of the time), but as a universal God.

In the Yale lecture in lesson plan 10, the professor argues that the bible is indeed book about theology.

What are the Three Main Division of Christianity?

According to Jewish tradition, the Assyrians attacked the Northern Kingdom in 722 BCE and from this we have the ten lost tribes.

After the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed 2,500 years ago by foreign attackers it was rebuilt and destroyed again by the Romans in the first century. Today it has been rebuilt and it is a place for Jewish worshipers in Israel.

According to Gnostics, the God of the Hebrew Scriptures in the same God of Jesus. This Being is the highest reality.