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
word meaning “false teaching”
heresy
a person who denies one or more doctrines of the faith
heretic
A god of the created world who was the cause of evil
demiurge
which is true about the concept of heresy
- ) is the refusal to accept one or more truths of faith
- ) a distortion of belief or doctrine
- ) Includes rejecting what the church professes to be true
What did the church do in response to heresies
Held councils to discuss and correct false teachings
Which of the following describes the gnostic view towards the person of Jesus Christ
Jesus appeared to be human but was really God because the material world was evil
What are the historical implications of “turn the other cheek”
Jesus implied to show others we should be treated as equals
“The devil made me do it” is false because of which of the following
The devil only tempts us and cannot make us do anything
What is the claim that “catholics worship mary false
- ) We only worship God
- ) Mary is a human being so we do not worship her
- ) We pray to mary to intercede for us which is not the same as worship
The claim “if you commit suicide, you go to hell” is not necessarily true because:
- ) There is no sin which cannot be forgiven expect the refusal of forgiveness
- ) OnlY god can judge what is in a person’s heart and why they did an action
What is misunderstood about the immaculate cinception is
People think its when jesus was conceived inside mary
What is required for a catholic to believe in Evolution
- ) God started the Process
2. )God purposely created humans with a soul that distinguishes us
Why is it untrue that non catholics can’t be saved
Those ignorant of the gospel et seek truth and live according to it can be saved
What is the true teaching about papal infallibility
When speaking definitively as the successor of peter on matter of faith and morals
People who are divorced can go to mass and receive communion as long as what
- ) They have not committed mortal or serious sins to cause divorce
- ) They have not remarked without an annulment
- ) Anyone can go to mass at any time
The claim that the church hates homosexuals or calls them evil is wrong because
- ) The actions do not include husband and wife
- ) The actions have no possibility of creating a child
- ) The actions violate the churches overall teaching on sexuality
The good god of the spiritual world for gnosticism
The divine being
