part 3 Flashcards
First announcement of redemption
through the victory of the woman and her
offspring.
THE PROTOEVANGELIUM OF SALVATION
● This is the first sign of salvation.
THE PROTOEVANGELIUM OF SALVATION
First announcement of redemption
through the victory of the woman and her
offspring.
THE PROTOEVANGELIUM OF SALVATION
true or false
Mary was conceived without original sin and did not commit any personal sin during her earthly life, hence she was never under the dominion of satan.
true
There are 2 gospels about the annunciation
, Matthew and Luke.
○ Jesus was born in a manger
○ No three wise men, just shepherd
(shepherds were considered as
poor and outcasts)
○ His audience was outcasts, poor,
gentiles
○ Annunciation was for Blessed
Mother
luke
○ Jesus was born in a house
○ Three magis (wise men)
○ His audience was jewish people who were converted to Christians
○ Annunciation was for Joseph
● The bottom line is, God became man.
Matthew
In + caro “flesh”
incarnation
WHY DID GOD BECOME MAN? 4
● To partake in God’s divine nature.
● For Jesus Christ to be humanity’s model of holiness
● For our “salvation” and “reconciliation” with God
● For God’s love to be known to humankind
God permits evil. God could have stopped Eve from biting the apple. But because of the virtue of our freewill, He permitted it. He did this because He knows there is salvation.
true or false
true
The mysterious personal union of divinity and humanity in one rational subject.
THE HYPOSTATIC UNION
IN THE BEGINNING the son exists with god the father and the holy spirit. They exist eternally.
THE HYPOSTATIC UNION
When God took human form, the divinity did not diminish. Hindi nabawas yung pagka-Diyos niya. Since god is all-knowing and has infinite will, ganun din si Jesus.
true or false
true
Has Beatific, Infused, and Experimental Knowledge.
THE HYPOSTATIC UNION
true or false
Jesus is 100% God and 100% human.
true
a meeting of bishops and other leaders to consider and rule on questions of doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters
council
when was Council of Nicea
325 CE
proponents of council of nicea
● St Athanasius and Hilary
what heresy is council of nicea
HERESY OF ARIANISM by Arius
● There was a time when He was not divine.
● Arius believed that there was a moment
where the son did not exist. For him Jesus only existed during the moment of incarnation (during the conception of Jesus)
HERESY OF ARIANISM by Arius
● Jesus is just a creature created by god. He believed that Jesus was a demigod.
● His substance is “like” or “similar” to the Father’s (Homoious) but not the same
HERESY OF ARIANISM by Arius
when was Council of Ephesus
(431 CE)
proponent of Council of Ephesus
● St Cyril and John of Antioch
The incarnation did not diminish the son’s divine nature. Hence divinity and humanity are distinct but not separated in the one divine person of Jesus Christ. By extension, Mary is Theotokos “God bearer”
Council of Ephesus
heresy of Council of Ephesus
HERESY OF NESTORIANISM by Nestorius
● The human nature of Jesus must have its own subject. Hence, there are two persons of the christ. By extension, mary is only Christokos or Christ-bearer
○ Keyword is Mama Mary
HERESY OF NESTORIANISM by Nestorius
● proponent does not agree that mary is the divine nature of jesus. Mama mary is only
the mother of just the human side of
Jesus and not the divine.
● You cannot separate the natures of Jesus
which is what makes it problematic. ● It is a union and Jesus’ two natures
cannot be separated.
HERESY OF NESTORIANISM by Nestorius
proponent of Council of Chalcedon
● St Flavian and Pope Leo the Great
when was Council of Chalcedon
(451 CE)
heresy of Council of Chalcedon
HERESY OF MONOPHYSITISM by Eutyches
A human divine nature existed during the incarnation
used the term mixture.
For him divine nature is too strong that’s why human nature went away.
He believes Jesus only has one nature which is divine.
HERESY OF MONOPHYSITISM by Eutyches
LESSONS FROM THE NATIVITY SCENE
humility and poverty
Obedience to the law of nature:
went through phases of physical
and cognitive development.
○ Used familiar and cultural objects /
references to illustrate the
Kingdom of God.
Human and Experimental knowledge
○ Obedience to parents: taught
that humility makes one the
greatest in the Kingdom of God.
○ Dignified / gave value to work
Mental Maturity
○ Obedience to the will of the
Father: obedient to the redemptive work his Father made him do until death.
Spiritual maturity
