Key Terms

Question 1

Son of God?

Answer 1

A term for Jesus that emphasises he is God incarnate, one of the three persons of the Trinity.

Question 2

Liberator?

Answer 2

A general term for someone who frees a people or group.

Question 3

Rabbi?

Answer 3

A Jewish teacher, often associated with having followers.

Question 4

Hypostatic union?

Answer 4

The belief that Christ is both fully God and fully human, indivisible, two natures united in one person.

Question 5

Homoousios?

Answer 5

Of the same substance or of the same being.

Question 6

Word?

Answer 6

From the Greek logos, another name for the second person of the Trinity, used at the beginning of John’s Gospel to describe the incarnation which existed from the beginning, of one substance with and equal to God the Father.

Question 7

Redemption?

Answer 7

The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

Question 8

Incarnation?

Answer 8

God born as a human being, in Jesus Christ.

Question 9

Zealot?

Answer 9

A member of the Jewish political/military movement that fought against Rome in the first century (AD).

Question 10

Messiah?

Answer 10

In Christianity, the word is associated with Jesus Christ, who is believed to be the Son of God and the Saviour. In Judaism, the word is associated with individuals who rose up against oppression, the people of Israel.