Doctrine Of The Trinity Flashcards
What is Ecumenical?
A worldwide gathering of the Bishops with the Pope
What does excommunicate mean?
Excluding someone from the sacramental participation in the Church
What is a Heresy?
Belief which contradicts doctrine
What is a creed?
A statement of belief
What is a doctrine?
A set of beliefs which are held to be true
What was the final decision of the council of Nicea?
That The Son is made of the same essence as The Father (homoousios)
What is the word for the belief that Jesus is made of the same essence as God?
Homoousios
What’s the belief of the Filioque clause?
Holy Spirit proceeds from the father AND the son - unity of all three persons
What is the belief that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the father AND the son - unity of all three persons - called?
The Filioque clause
What is the belief of Arianism?
That Jesus was created by the father and is lesser than him
What is the belief That Jesus was created by the father and is lesser than him called?
Arianism
What is the belief of Modalism?
God does not exist as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all at the same time, he has simply manifested himself into these forms at different times
What is the belief that God does not exist as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all at the same time, he has simply manifested himself into these forms at different times called?
Modalism
What is the belief of Subordinationalism?
The father is greater than the son and the Holy Spirit
What is the belief that The father is greater than the son and the Holy Spirit called?
Subordinationalism
What is Genesis?
The first book of the bible {the beginning
What does benevolent mean?
That God is all loving
What does omnipotent mean?
God is all powerful
What does omniscient mean?
God is all knowing
What does omnipresent mean?
God is everywhere all of the time
What does eternal mean? {RE
The belief that God is everlasting {has no beginning or end
What does the catechism say the four ways of reading the bible are?
Literally, morally, allegorically, mystically
What does the literal way of reading the bible mean?
Word for word
What does the moral way of reading the bible mean?
About what is right and wrong
What does the allegorical way of reading the bible mean?
Has a symbolic meaning
What does the mystical way of reading the bible mean?
Relating to the afterlife
What happened on the first day of creation?
- Light was created. Night and Day. The sky
What happened on the second day of creation?
Dry ground, seas. Vegetation, fruit.
What happened on the third day of creation?
Sun and moon and stars
What happened on the fourth day of creation?
Sea creatures and birds
What happened on the fifth day of creation?
Wild animals, livestock, mankind
What happened on the sixth day of creation?
Heaven and earth were completed
What happened on the seventh day of creation?
God rested
