JESUS: THE GOD-MAN (15) Flashcards
long name for the Nicene Creed
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
the summarization of all beliefs of the Catholic Church
the Nicene Creed
the object of our faith
THE BLESSED TRINITY
means a state of being, threefold
TRINITY
the “Trinitarian Shield” is composed of these elements
PATER (father) FILIUS (son) SPIRITUS SANCTUS (holy spirit) EST (is) NON EST (is not)
the fact that the son of God assumes human nature in order to accomplish our salvation in it
INCARNATION
why did God become man
because he wants to concretize his love for humanity
THE 4 CHRISTOLOGICAL HERESIES
ARIANISM
APOLLINARIANISM
NESTORIANISM
MONOPHYSITISM
ARIANISM is propagated by who
by the bishop ARIUS
HERESY: the son came to be from things that were not and that he was from another substance than that of the father (homoiousios)
ARIANISM
a Christian theological term, coined in the 4th century by a distinctive group of Christian theologians who held the belief that God the Son was of a similar, but not identical, essence (or substance) with God
homoiousios
what heresy is “Jesus is only man and not God”
ARIANISM
a propagator of heresy
HERESIARCH
went against Arianism (also known as Santa Claus)
SAINT NICHOLAS
this was convoked in the year 325 to counter Arianism
COUNCIL OF NICEA
teaching: the Son of God is begotten, not made, of the same substance, consubstantial (homoousious) as the father
COUNCIL OF NICEA
a term used by Christian supporting the Council of Nicaea’s Trinitarian doctrine that Jesus, as Son of God, is consubstantial with God the Father
homoousious
APOLLINARIANISM is propagated by who
APOLLINARIS
HERESY: the Logos replaced the human soul of Christ. Jesus was not truly a human beings since he lacks a rational soul, without a principle of human individuality
APOLLINARIANISM
what heresy is “Jesus had no soul, for he was merely possessed by the Divine”
APOLLINARIANISM
seat of the intellect and will
SOUL
this council was convoked in the year 381 to counter Apollinarianism
COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
teaching: Christ’s human nature – complete with operations of intellect and will, and human body – belongs to the divine person of the Son of God who assumed it
COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
NESTORIANISM is propagated by who
NESTORIUS
HERESY: Christ is a human person joined to the divine person of God’s Son. they also hold that Mary is only CHRISTOTOKOS, not theotokos, since a creature cannot give birth to God
NESTORIANISM
what heresy is “God and Jesus are two different persons, divine and human”
NESTORIANISM
this council was convoked in the year 431 to counter Nestorianism
COUNCIL OF EPHESUS
teaching: the Divine Person of the Son of God assumed humanity and made it his own, from his conception
COUNCIL OF EPHESUS
MONOPHYSITISM is propagated by who
EUTYCHES
HERESY: the human nature had ceased to exist as such in Christ when the divine person of God’s Son assumed it
MONOPHYSITISM
what heresy is “Christ only had one nature”
MONOPHYSITISM
the council was convoked in the year 451 to counter Monophysitism
COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON
teaching: the one and the same Lord Jesus Christ is to be acknowledged in two natures without confusion, change, division, or separation
COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON
teaching: Mary truly became the Mother of God by the human conception of the Son of God in her womb
COUNCIL OF EPHESUS
teaching: the distinction between the natures was never abolished by the union, but rather the character proper to each of the two natures was preserved as they came together in one person
COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON
the union of two natures in one person
HYPOSTATIC UNION
is the WORD that existed before all things (in the first chapter of the gospel of John)
the Son of God
why is Jesus the perfect mediator between God and men
because Jesus is both human and divine
