Ch 12-15

Question 0

Church condemned these theories as heresy

Answer 0

docetism, adoptionism, arianism

Question 1

The scriptures, written by Jews, give Jesus godly titles:

Answer 1

“Lord,” “Son of Man,” I am,” “the Word”

Question 2

docetism

Answer 2

Jesus is God but he only appeared to be human

Question 3

adoptionism

Answer 3

Jesus was a good man, so the Father adopted Jesus as “son”

Question 4

Arianism

Answer 4

Arius said Jesus is above human but below God—demigod

Council of Nicea condemned it in 325

Question 5

Nicene Creed says:

Answer 5

Son is “God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in being with the father”

Question 6

451 Council of Chalcedon said:

Answer 6

Jesus the Son is “fully like God as regards divinity, fully like us as regards humanity.”

Question 7

Trinity

Answer 7

1 God, 3 “persons”—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Question 8

Doctor of the Church

Answer 8

honorary title for a great teacher

Question 9

Father of the Church

Answer 9

honorary title for a great Christian thinker of early times

Question 10

saint

Answer 10

holy person

Question 11

Who attacked Rome for 3 days in 410

Answer 11

the Goths

Question 12

Pagans asked:

Answer 12

why worship the Christian God who doesn’t protect the empire from defeats?

Question 13

Augustine wrote

Answer 13

the City of God to answer the question

Question 14

Stoic idea

Answer 14

God watches over human events

Question 15

providence

Answer 15

over-seeing

Question 16

in times of hardships be patient

Answer 16

for in fire, gold is test, and worthy men are tested in the crucible of humiliation

Question 17

don’t reject the discipline of the Lord

Answer 17

for a father disciplines the son he loves

Question 18

Augustine City of God Book V

Answer 18

God foreknows what we will do. But we have free will.

Question 19

Book 1 ch 8

Answer 19

God lets both good and bad people suffer in this life. depends on what you do while suffering

Question 20

CS Lewis’ idea in the Problem of Pain

Answer 20

God has created a world in which we can operate with free will. To exercise free will we need a world which has fixed laws of physics and biology.

Question 21

City of Man

Answer 21

those who see this world as all that is

worships so that god can help us dominate the world

Question 22

city of god

Answer 22

those who see relationship with God as the greater good

wants the world to grow closer to God

Question 23

Simon Stylites

Answer 23

hermit that lived on a pillar in syria for 40 years

Question 24

Anthony

Answer 24

gave up inheritance and lived in the desert

Question 25

Pachomius

Answer 25

created a loose community of hermits who prayed alone but collaborated with physical needs to make hermits’ lives less harsh

Question 26

4 seasons of the church year

Answer 26

advent, christmas, lent

Question 27

Advent

Answer 27

arrival

first season, 4 weeks of preparation, waiting for the Messiah’s arrival

Question 28

Christmas

Answer 28

12 days celebrating the incarnation

Question 29

Lent

Answer 29

40 days of solemn preparation

Question 30

Emmanuel

Answer 30

God with us