Chapter 2 Flashcards
Arianism
“Heresy formulated by Arius”
“denied Jesus’ divinity, claiming he was not equal to the Father,”
Docetism
From the Greek word to see or the appear
That believed jesus was a angel that only appeared to be man
Nestorianism
They were a Hersey that proclaimed that Jesus was in two beings, one man and one divine
Gnosticism
The Greek word for knowledge
They when out to see if they could change the symbols and expression of the church
Omnibenevolent
God is perfect there’s no evil and him he is all loving
Ecumenical Council
Greek word meaning the whole world
A meeting of all the bishops of the world
Omnipresent
God is present everywhere while remaining transcendent
Omniscient
Governors this is the fullness of wisdom that is present in his creations
immutable
The quality of God that he cannot be changed
Heresy
“The obstinate denial by a baptized person of some truth that must be believed with divine faith”
Dokesis
To appear
Omnipotent
The fathers might is universal he can do everything
Why did St. Patrick believe he and others were taken into captivity?
He thought that he was unfaithful
And utterly despised by many
What did the Lord open up for Patrick, and what did he remember?
“Lord opened the sense of my unbelief that I might at last remember my sins and be converted with all my heart to the Lord my God”
Name the first 4 Ecumenical Councils, the year they were held and the concern of the council
- Nicaea= 325 ad. Arianism and the nicene creed
- Constantinople 1 = 381 ad. Divinity of the Holy Spirit
- Ephesus= 431 ad. Nestorianism and Mary the mother of god
- Chalcedon= 451. Monophysitism
- Constantinople 2 = 553. The chapters of controversy