Nicea
What does Athanasius mean?
The immortal one
Macedonius heresy
denied the divinity of the Holy Spirit and said it was created like any other creature
How many persons did Nestorius say Christ was?
2
How many councils does the Coptic Orthodox Church recognize?
3
"Arius has cut My robe, because he separated Me from My Father. Arius has no part of me not now or the future, and tomorrow your two disciples will ask you to absolve him, and you cannot."
Sabellius heresy
taught that the Trinity is one being and one person.
What was the name Nestorious wanted to call St. Mary instead of Theotokos?
Christokos
Give the year for each council
Nicea = 325 AD, Constantinople = 381 AD, Ephesus = 431 AD
The 3 Arian heresies
1 There was a time when the Son was not
2 that the Son was created
3 He is not one essence with father
Apollinarius
taught God’s humanity swallowed his humanity
What was the metaphor St. Cyril used to defend against the human and divine division heresy?
The iron molten in an excessively high degree of heat. In that state the iron and the heat were united into one, and though there substances were two, there union was complete without mixing, nor fusion nor change. No one could either separate or divide them. Such were the two natures of the Son of God.
Bishops for each council
Nicea = 318, Constantinople = 150, Ephesus = 200