Chapter 7 Green

Question 0

Christ

Answer 0

The Greek term for “Messiah.” It means “the anointed one.”

Question 1

Christology

Answer 1

The branch of Christian theology that studies the nature, Person, and works of Jesus Christ.

Question 2

rabbi

Answer 2

A highly respected teacher of Jewish law or theology.

Question 3

prophet

Answer 3

A title given to Jesus. A prophet is one who pre- dicts the future but is also known as a representative and spokesman for God. Jesus acted as prophet in both ways but chiefly as God’s representative be- cause he was God himself.

Question 4

priest

Answer 4

A title given to Jesus that meant “a mediator between God and humanity.” In the Old Testament, priests offered sacrifices for the Chosen People. Jesus be- came the priest of the New Testament, offering himself as a sacrifice for all. Today, priests are members of the order of the presbyterate and co-workers with the bishops.

Question 5

king

Answer 5

A title given to the newborn Jesus by the Magi from the East who came to honor him. Jesus was also called a “king” at the end of his life by Jews seeking to accuse and convict him of sedition.

Question 6

Lamb of God

Answer 6

An Old Testament title for Jesus that has roots in the Passover celebration. Unblemished lambs were sacrificed for the Passover meal. Jesus gave up his life for the redemption of all humanity and became the sacrificial lamb of the New Testament.

Question 7

savior

Answer 7

A title given to Jesus that means “one who protects or saves from present or future danger”; a Messiah.

Question 8

Lord

Answer 8

A New Testament title given to Jesus that meant “God.” In Greek, the word was translated as Kurios and in Hebrew Adonai.

Question 9

Alpha and Omega

Answer 9

A Christian symbol formed with the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet —Alpha and Omega. Together, these letters suggest that Jesus is the beginning and end or completion of all history.

Question 10

heresy

Answer 10

An obstinate denial after Baptism to believe a truth that must be believed with divine and Catholic faith, or an obstinate doubt about such truth.

Question 11

Church Fathers

Answer 11

Bishops, theologians, teachers, and scholars whose writings have greatly contributed to Church doctrine and practice. Among the Church Fathers of the early Church are Sts. Irenaeus, Athanasius, Cyril of Alexandria, and Pope St. Leo the Great.

Question 12

orthodoxy

Answer 12

From the Greek word orthodoxos, it means having the “right” opinion or think- ing; adhering to the accepted or traditional, especially in matters of religious faith.

Question 13

Arianism

Answer 13

A heresy common during the first Christian centuries that denied that Jesus was truly God; named after Arius (AD 250–336), a priest and popular preacher from Alexandria, Egypt.

Question 14

Nestorianism

Answer 14

A fifth-century heresy that taught that Christ exists as two persons the man Jesus and the divine Son of God. The heresy was corrected by Church teaching that stated that Jesus has two natures (a divine nature and a human nature) in one Person. The heresy originated with Nestorius, (ca. 386–ca. 451) the Archbishop of Constantinople.

Question 15

Monophysitism

Answer 15

A fifth-century heresy that promoted the error that Jesus had only one nature a divine nature. In response, the Church taught that Christ has two natures, one divine and one human; from the Greek words monos, which means “one” or “alone,” and physis, which means “nature.”