HERESIES TEST Flashcards
Claimed Sacraments were not important because they denied original sin and taught that humans can be saved through their own effort
Pelagianism
Rejected the validity of sacraments performed by priests and bishops who had firmly betrayed the faith
Donatism
Affirmed Christ had a human baby, but denied He had a human mind and will
Apollinarianism
Rejected the title Theotokos claiming Mary could not be the mother of God since Jesus was 2 separate persons: God and Man
Nestorianism
Claimed christ had only one nature and that his human nature was absorbed into his devine nature
Monophysitism
Held that christ had only one nature after the incarnation and denied christ humanity was really that of a man
Eutychianism
Professed that christ had only one will which was divine but he still had two natures
Monothelitism
Denied the divinity of Christ and the doctrine of the trinity since they believed Jesus was not equal to God the Father
Arianism
Believed that Jesus was not truly human and therefore did not really suffer and die at crucifixion
Docetisim
Apocolypic movement that claimed hose who had fallen from grace could not be saved and rejected the authority of Church
Montanism
Believed in the dualism between darkness and light and that satan placed light particles in the brains of humans
Manichaeism
believed in the dualism between Law and Love with being Jesus i the God of Love; and recognized st paul as the only legitimate church authority
Marcionism
Means “knowledge” and professed a secret knowledge regarding the origin and destiny of man
Gnosticism
means “Correct teaching”
Orthodoxy
The sum of all TRUTHS revealed in Scripture and through Traditions entrusted to the church
Deposit of Faith