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