Section III

Chronology

The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence

St. Peter/St. Paul

St Peter was the first bishop of Rome, St Paul was the first apostle to spread the word of God

Gospel of John

Fourth of the four canonical gospels, proclaiming an overall message that Jesus is the source of eternal life. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "signs" and seven "I am" statements

Logos

Greek word for pattern, study, wisdom, or reason

Church Fathers on Theology and Philosophy

Philosophy is akin to natural reason. It is the role of the church to meet pagan where they are in their faith life and combine their schools of thought.

*Praepartratio* *Evangelica*

Preparation for the revelation. A group of elitists called the moutanist who believed the world would end soon, closely followed this practice.

Synthesis of the Classical and Christian or of Reason and Revelation

Substance/From/Essence/Being

Classical or Cardinal Virtues

Prudence, justice, temperance, and courage

Transcendental

Being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural. God is often though of in a transcendental manner

Theological Virtues

Faith, love, and hope

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Heresy

An incorrect of bad idea about God

Universals: Good, True, Beautiful

Hetrodoxy

Not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs. In the case of the Chuch not accepting Christ and his teachings

Orthodoxy

A true idea or doctrine about God and its followers

Apostasy

The act of turning away from and rejecting God as an baptized Christian

Patristics

The study of the church fathers

Eastern Empire/Western Empire

Fathers on the Church

Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Augustine

*Ecclesia*

The Latin word for Church

Ecclesiology

The study of the Church

Catholic (Kata holon)

According to the whole or wholeness, Catholicity = Wholeness

Marks of the Church:

One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic

Gnosticism (Spiritualism)

Hope for humankind is found in the ability to transcend this world and deny the body. The knowledge to do so must be delivered by a messenger of light

Irenaeus on Tradation

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Apostolic Tradation

Constantine

Roman Emperor, passed the Edict of Milan in 313 AD to stop the prosecution of Christians’

Symbols (3)

Edict of Milan

313 AD decree to treat Christians fairly within the Roman Empire

Ecumenical Councils

A worldwide meeting of Bishops and other church authorities to discuss how to properly run the church

Council of Nicea (AD 325)

325 AD, settled the Arian Controversy and established the Nicene Creed.

Creation ex nihilo

Latin for creation out of nothing

Arius/Arianism

Arius was teaching that Jesus was not God, but a super-creature that was ranked below God but above humans. He felt it was necessary to distinguish in order to help pagans better under Christianity.

Athanasius

Diasgreed with Arius and argued that Christ is God, using tradition and John 1. He did not feel it was right to minimize the mystery of Christianity

The life of St. Anthony

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Homosious

The belief that father and son share one divine nature; father and son are co-eternal.

Maximalization of Mystery/Theological

Maximalization

Christology

The study of Jesus Christ (The Anointed One)

Nicene Creed

The outcome established homeostasis as a description of the relationship between Jesus and God.

Apostles’ Creed

A Christian statement of belief ascribed to the Twelve Apostles and used especially in public worship

1. Council of Chalcedon (AD 451)

451 AD Pope Leo was the maximizer; there was no minimizer. The outcome was the two-nature doctrine.

Two Natures

Jesus’ natures are in union. The two natures are without confusion, change, division, or segregation.

Hypostatic Union

Describe the union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one hypostasis, or individual personhood.

Leo and his “Tome”

Nestorius

Hesitant to call Mary the bearer of God

Cyril of Alexandria

Defended the title "Theotokos" for Mary, stressing that Mary was the mother of God

*Theotokos*

Greek word meaning God bearer

Adoptionism

An early Christian nontrinitarian theological doctrine, which holds that Jesus was adopted as the Son of God at his baptism, his resurrection, or his ascension

Council of Ephesus

431 AD, Nestorius was the minimizer, and Cyril of Alexandria was the maximizer. The outcome was Theotokos

Doctrine of the Trinity

One God exists as or in three equally divine “Persons”, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit