Doctrine #4 Flashcards
Messiah =
The anointed one
Christology
The study of the Person of Christ
Theanthropos
Study of the perfect union of God and Man
Bible verse that says Christ was truely and properly man
Hebrews 10:5-7 he had to become a man I order to be a perfect sacrifice
NT witness to Christ’s divinity
Baptism
Had Attributes
Teaching
Witnesses
Was Worshipped
Power
Divine acts
Names that indicate Christ’s Deity
Son of God
Word
Lord
6 ways Jesus shows he is human
Spiritual - tempted, trials
Physical - born, hungry, tired, died
Intellectual - learned, developed, questions, surprised
Cultural & Political - subject to law, circumcised, weddings/parties, conflict & betrayal
Emotional - compassion, frustrated/distressed, loved, sorrow, anger
Social - family, neighbors, hometown
Names that indicate Jesus’ humanity
Jesus (yeshua)
Song of David
Son of Man
Incarnation =
Embodiment
Carnis (Latin) =
Flesh; made flesh
John 1:14
The word became flesh and dwelled among us
Witness to Incarnation
NT Witness (John 1) Virgin Birth (conceived by Father, by means of the Spirit, righteous mother and surrogate father.
Immanuel
God with us
Jesus is:
Ideal Man
Representative of Man
Necessity of union
Supreme Revelation Savior Servant of God Christ Judge
Christological Heresies deny:
Divinity
Unity
Humanity
Ebionitism
Gifted human
Adoption ism
Son of God at Baptism
denies Deity
Arianism
1st created being
Denies Deity
Nestorianism
2 distinct natures
Denies unity
Eutychianism
Composite
Denies unity
Apollinarianism
Human body and mind of God
Denies unity
Docetism
Only seemed human
Denies humanity
Gnosticism
Secret knowledge
Denies humanity
3 councils
Nicea (325 CE)
Ephesus (431 CE)
Chalcedon (451 CE)
Nicea
Countered Arianism (1st created being) Emphasized incarnation
Ephesus
Condemned Nestorianism (2 distinct natures)
Chalcedon
Refuted Eutychianism (composite) Confirmed unity of divine and human natures
Kyros
The Lord
