5. Write short notes on the following:
a. The Sermon of the Mount
b. Trinity or three principles of Christianity
C. Emperor Constantine
d. Feudalism
e. Byzantine Empire
6. Long Answer questions.
a. Mention any five principles of Christianity.
b. What role did Emperor Constantine play in the spread of Christianity?
C. Describe the socio-political circumstances of Europe during the Middle Ages.
d. What were the probable reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire?
e. Discuss the Barbarian Invasions and the rise of the Byzantine Empire.
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Answers
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Answer:
a) The Sermon on the Mount is a collection of sayings of Jesus, found in the Gospel of Matthew chapters 5, 6 and 7, which emphasizes his moral teachings. It is the longest of the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament, and includes the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, and central tenets of Christian discipleship.
For those who are given grace to understand the sermon spiritually, it far more than a collection of moral sayings, it is a manifesto of salvation, exposing the nature of sin and setting out the heavenly perspective of those who have eternal life. The sermon gives severe warnings of hell to those who commit wickedness or who judge, give, pray and preach hypocritically. The sermon on the mount has been the basis of whole series of sermons given by others such as Dr D M Lloyd-Jones.
It is one of the most widely quoted elements of the Canonical Gospels.
b)Trinity, in Christian doctrine, the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. The doctrine of the Trinity is considered to be one of the central Christian affirmations about God. It is rooted in the fact that God came to meet Christians in a threefold figure: (1) as Creator, Lord of the history of salvation, Father, and Judge, as revealed in the Old Testament; (2) as the Lord who, in the incarnated figure of Jesus Christ, lived among human beings and was present in their midst as the “Resurrected One”; and (3) as the Holy Spirit, whom they experienced as the helper or intercessor in the power of the new life