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