Person of Jesus Flashcards
Define Son of God
a term for Jesus that emphasises he is God incarnate, one of the three persons of the Trinity.
Liberator
a general term for someone who frees something, someone or a group of people.
Rabbi
a Jewish teacher, often associated with having followers.
Hypostatic Union
the belief that Christ is both fully God and fully human, indivisible, two natures united in one person.
Homoousious (consubstantial)
of the same substance or the same being
Word
from the Greek logos, another name for the second person of the trinity (Jesus), 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.
Redemption
the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
Incarnation
God born as a human being, in Jesus Christ.
Zealot
a member of the Jewish political/military movement that fought against Rome in the first century AD.
Messiah
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.