Chapter 7

Question 1

a title of mary that means god bearer

Answer 1

theotokos

Question 2

bishops, theologians, teachers, and scholars whose writings have greatly influenced Church doctrine and practice

Answer 2

church fathers

Question 3

one who protects from present or future danger

Answer 3

savior

Question 4

one who offers sacrifice, a mediator between god and humankind

Answer 4

priest

Question 5

a title that means anointed one

Answer 5

christ

Question 6

the branch of Christian theology that studies the nature, person, and work of jesus christ

Answer 6

christology

Question 7

an obstinate denial of truth

Answer 7

heresy`

Question 8

teacher

Answer 8

rabbi

Question 9

a symbol of salvation and freedom for the israelites

Answer 9

sacrificial lamb

Question 10

something that points beyond itself to something else

Answer 10

symbol

Question 11

the teaching authority of the church

Answer 11

magisterium

Question 12

what are the three questions christology addresses

Answer 12

who is jesus
what do we mean when we call jesus the son of god
how can jesus be both human and divine

Question 13

name four church fathers

Answer 13

st irenaeus
st athanasius
st cyril of alexandria
st leo the great

Question 14

what is the symbol for Jesus Christ Son of God Savior

Answer 14

fish

Question 15

abbreviates the latin words that would have been posted the crime jesus was convicted of

Answer 15

INRI

Question 16

a title identifying jesus with Yahweh god

Answer 16

lord

Question 17

a title the magi gave to jesus and one for which he was condemned

Answer 17

king

Question 18

a heresy that declared that jesus only seemed human

Answer 18

docetism

Question 19

a heresy that mistakenly taought that jesus had only one nature- a divine nature

Answer 19

monophysitism

Question 20

a heresy that taught that christ exists as 2 persons - the man jesus and the divine jesus

Answer 20

nestorianism

Question 21

heresy denying christs divinity

Answer 21

arianism

Question 22

this title could refer to a powerful person or could be used as a form of address similar to sir

Answer 22

lord

Question 23

fish is translated to the greek word

Answer 23

ichthus

Question 24

what heresy was the nicene creed originally supposed to address

Answer 24

arianism

Question 25

what are the 3 most important dogmatic teachings about jesus from the early ecumenical councils?

Answer 25

jesus is consubstantial with the father
mary is truly the mother of god
jesus is one divine person with 2 natures - human and divine

Question 26

who is known as the father of orthodoxy

Answer 26

st athanasius

Question 27

what are the 3 beliefs of the nicene creed

Answer 27

jesus christ
catholic church
blessed trinity

Question 28

right teaching

Answer 28

orthodoxy