Chapter 7 Semester 2 Flashcards
One who protects from present or future danger
Savior
One who offers sacrafice; a mediator between God and humankind
Priest (sacrifice)
A title that means “anointed one”
Christ
Means teacher
Rabbi
A title identifying Jesus with Yahweh God
Lord
One who predicts the future and speaks for God
Prophet
Right teaching
Orthodoxis
A heresy denying Christ’s divinity
Arianism
The branch of Christian theology that studies the nature, Person, and work of Jesus Christ
Christology
What three questions does Christology address?
- Who is Jesus?
- How can he both be human and divine?
- What does it mean to call him the Son of God?
A title of Mary that means “God-Bearer”
Theotokos
The teaching authority of the Church
Magisterium
What are the five titles of Jesus?
Emmanuel Word of God Son of Man Son of God I Am
What does the title “Emmanuel” mean?
God with us
Jesus is the divine Logos, the life-giving Word spoken from the beginning –
The Word of God
Refers to the one who will come in glory to usher in God’s Kingdom –
Son of Man
A title that speaks about the place or role of Jesus in the Blessed Trinity –
Son of God
The name God reveals to Moses –
I Am (YHWH)
A title the Magi gave to Jesus and one for which he was condemned
King
First and last letters of the Greek alphabet; indicated that Jesus is the beginning and the end
Alpha and Olmega
First letter of the Latin inscription placed on the cross; stood for “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
inri
First two letters of the Greek word for Christ; identifies Jesus as the Messiah
Chi-Rho
Jesus is seen as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world; identifies with the Pascal Lamb
Lamb
A symbol of salvation and freedom for the Israelites
Pascal Lamb
The Greek word “Ichthus” means “fish”; an acronym for the first letters of the creedal phrase “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior”
Fish
Bishops, theologians, teachers and scholars who writings have greatly contributed to Church doctrine and practice
Fathers of the Church (Church Fathers)
An obstinate denial of a truth to be believed
Heresy
Who are the four Church Fathers?
- St. Irenaeus
- St. Athanasius
- St. Cyril of Alexandria
- St. Leo the Great
A heresy that declared that Jesus only seemed to be human
Docetism
Who fought against Docetism?
St. Irenaeus
Who fought against Arianism?
St. Athanasius
A title given to St. Athanasius because he so courageously battled the heresy of Arianism and so badly defended the Council of Nicaea’s teaching that Christ was truly divine–
“Father of Orthodoxy”
A heresy that taught that Christ exists as two persons- the man Jesus and the divine Jesus
Nestorianism
A heresy that declared that Jesus had only one nature- a human nature
Monophysitism
Who fought against Monophysitism?
St. Leo the Great
What are the three important dogmatic teachings about Jesus from the ecumenical council?
- Jesus is consubstantial with the Father
- Mary is truly the Mother of God
- Jesus is one divine Person with two natures
First and last letters of the Greek alphabet; indicated the Jesus was the beginning and the end of history
Alpha and Omega
First letters of the Latin inscription placed on the cross
INRI
What does IRNI stand for?
“Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews”
First two letters for the Greek word for Christ; identifies Jesus as the Messiah
Chi-Rho
The Greek word Ichthus
Fish
An acronym for the first letters of the creedal phrase–
“Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior”
The first three letters of Jesus’ name in Greek
IHS
Something that points behind itself to something else
Symbol
What heresy was the Nicene Creed originally formulated to address?
Arianism
What does the Nicene Creed focus on?
The belief about Jesus, the Blessed Trinity, and the Catholic Church
