Jesus Christ: True God and True Man Vocabulary

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to the nature of Jesus Christ as both God and Man.

Christ

Greek for the "anointed." This title is used in reference to jesus because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission of Priest, Prophet, and King, all of whom were anointed in the Old Covenant.

David

The second king of Israel, a "man after God's own heart." God made a new covenant with all the nations through David.

Divine Filiation

The acceptance of a person by God as his child in Baptism. This consoling mystery brings each Christian a spirit of sincerity and trust while filling him or her with love and wonder; see the parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk 15:11-32).

Divinity

Of, or pertaining to, God.

Hypostatic Union

Theological term that describes Christ as one Person with two natures, divine and human.

Immanuel

The name applied to the coming Messiah by Isaiah; it means "God with us."

Messiah

Hebrew for "anointed." Anointing was the Old Testament ritual used to commission one for a special task. This is used in reference to jesus, because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission of Priest, Prophet, and King, signified by his being the Christ, or Anointed of God.

New Covenant

The new "dispensation," or order, established by God in Jesus Christ to succeed and perfect the Old Covenant.

Paschal Sacrifice

From the Catechism: "Christ's work of redemption accomplished principally by his Passion, death, Resurrection, and glorious Ascension, whereby dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life (CCC 1067; cf. 654). The paschal mystery is celebrated and made present in the liturgy of the Church, and its saving effects are communicated through the sacraments (CCC 1076), especially the Eucharist, which renews the paschal sacrifice of Christ as the sacrifice offered by the Church (CCC 571, 1362-1372)."

Pentecost

A Jewish festival, fifty days after Passover, celebrating the giving of the Law to Moses at Sinai. This is the “birthday” of the Church. Fifty days after the Resurrection, the Holy Spirit was manifested, given, and communicated to the Church, fulfilling the mission of Christ.

Person

An individual substance of a rational nature, complete in itself, incommunicable, and possessing responsibilities and rights as well as the essential elements of distinctiveness, uniqueness, intelligence, and will.

Son of Man

Old Testament prophetic term for the Messiah.

Christ applied this term to himself on several occasions.

Theandric Acts

The divine-human actions of Jesus. Because Christ's human nature is united to his divine nature, the human acts of Christ can be regarded as divine-human acts.