Chapter 5 Flashcards
Heresy
Deliberate and persistent post baptismal denial of faith
Schism
The breach of the unity of the visible Church
The refusal to work with the Pope or be united with the church
Ecumenism
The effort to reunite all Christians
Gnosticism
Salvation was a secret that needed to be obtained
Jesus was the redeemer but not true man or god
He did not have have a body nor died on the cross
Two gods: creator and unknown divine
Arianism
Christ was not a god nor equal to him
He was sent by the father
Raised to the level of “son of God”
Apollinarianism
Christ was the unity of a divine mind and will not a human one
Nestorianism
Christ was the unity of a divine person a human
Opposed theotokos
Mary was the mother of Christ not god
Apostasy
The total rejection of the Christian faith
Monophysitism
Only one nature of Christ, not two
Defeated by pope Leo at the council of Chalcedon
Who coined the word “catholic”
St. Ignatius of Antioch