final exam review Flashcards
1st century movements of thought in relation to Christ
Docetists
Gnostics
Adoptionism - Ebionites
2-3rd century movements of thought in relation to Christ
Theodotus of Byzantium
Artemon
Paul of Samosata
Lucian of Antioch
Arius
what is the Tertullian definition of person?
rational individual
what is the Tertullian definition of nature?
principle (source) of operation and activity
Nicean creed in 325 AD defined…
1. Christ is __________ with the Father (ie He is truly _____ in the _____ sense)
2. The second divine Person proceeds fromt he first by __________ (_______________); _____ not metaphorical Son
homoousios, God, full
true generation (an eternal begetting); literal
Summary of the Nicene Dogma: ___________________
Jesus Christ is truly God the Son
Problem: “homo” – “same”:
a. similar (“homoi”)
b. numerically identical (“one and the same”)
Resolution: homoousios = ___________________________
the Father and Son have “one and the
same” (i.e., numerically identical) divine nature
What was Apollonaris’s (mistaken) conclusion?
There is only one nature in Christ (protomonophysitism)
This one nature is divine according to Apollonaris
What was Apollonaris assertion?
Jesus lacks a human nature and will
Therefore, Jesus is the divine Logos who assumed human flesh
(sarx) and a non-rational soul (like an animal soul)
Apollinaris was __________ by Pope St. Damasus, Roman Synod (377 AD)
-His decision was ratified by the Synods of Alexandria (378 AD), Antioch (379 AD), and by the
Ecumenical Council of Constantinople I (381 AD).
excommunicated
what types of metaphysical unions are there?
Accidental
Substantial
Hypostatic
Accidental union
A. _____________ united to a _________
B. _____________________ united by a ________
A. an accident united to a substance
B. two or more substances united by a shared accident
Substantial union: ____________________-
essential parts united to form a whole substance
Hypostatic union: __________________
Natures united in one individual (or person)
Apollinarius thought the Logos partook in a _______ type of union
substantial
Nestorius thought the Logos partook in a _______ type of union
accidental (second kind–two or more substances united by a shared accident)
What is the Christological question?
-How was the Word, truly God, also a man?
-What kind of union is there in Christ between his divine and human nature?
Theodore of Mopsuestia (350-428 AD) thought the _________________________
The Logos dwelt in the human person Jesus as in a temple
_____________________ thought The Logos dwelt in the human person Jesus as in a temple
Theodore of Mopsuestia (350-428 AD)
St. Cyril of Alexandria uses the word “physis” to mean ____________
person (don’t be confused)
For Cyril, the humanity of Christ is not an individual
independent of the Logos; rather, his humanity is ___________________________
drawn into the pre-
existing eternal individuality of the Logos.
5 Summary points from the council of Ephesus’ 12 anathemas
- Christ is only one subject (hypostasis): God the Son
- “Theotokos”: Mary is truly the Mother of God
- Christ’s flesh in the Eucharist is life-giving
- Christ is to be worshiped with one adoration: Iatria
- Communication of Idioms: both the divine and human actions of Christ are to be attributed to the Person of the Logos
Christ is to be worshiped with one adoration: __________
Latria
Summary phrase from Council of Ephesus
Jesus Christ is indivisibly one Divine person in both natures (divine and human)
Summary of Constantinople I (in its affirmation of Appolinaris’ condemnation):
Jesus Christ is (i.e., completely and fully) human.
Summary of Nicea:
Jesus Christ is truly God the Son
true/false: Jesus is not a human person but truly a human
true
Jesus is an individual, but not a human individual but a divine individual
For St. Cyril, what makes one rational?
intellect and will
For St. Cyril, what makes one individual?
incommunicability (Greek –> something idiomatic)
For humans: x (“this” body)
For God: subsistent relations
Eutyches was one who also believed in ________
monophysitism (there was one nature in Christ), Christ’s nature is different than ours
He misunderstood St. Cyril’s assertions
monophysitism states that ____________
(there was one nature in Christ)
The “Tome of Leo” (Pope Leo the Great, letter 28):
- Jesus Christ is one Person, God the Son
- Two natures, divine and human, exist in that Person without confusion or mixture
- Each nature has its own powers and operations even though these are not exercised independently of each other or of the union
- Affirmation of the communication of idioms