Words to Definition
CHRISTOLOGY
The study of the nature of Jesus Christ.
The tendency to sin innate in all human beings, held to be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall . . . The concept of Original Sin was developed in the writings of St. Augustine.
ORIGINAL SIN
HIGH CHRISTOLOGY or LOW CHRISTOLOGY
Emphasizes or starts with the humanity of Jesus
LOW CHRISTOLOGY
HYPOSTATIC UNION
The combination of Divine and human natures in the single person of Christ . . . Fully human and also fully Divine.
Christ's rising from the dead.
RESURRECTION
SON OF MAN
Self-Designation of Jesus . . . Messianic in nature . . . "Son of Man" can also simply imply "human," as in "mortal".
PARABLE
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.
The common Roman practice of execution. The death of Jesus (and countless others) by nailing or binding to a cross.
CRUCIFIXION
Theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind . . . The End Times!
ESCHATOLOGY
ASCENSION
The ascent of Christ into Heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection.
The free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.
GRACE
Redeemer of sin and saver of souls . . . For Christians, this is Jesus, the Messiah (Christ)
SAVIOR
TRINITY
The Christian God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though still One God.
Event reported in the New Testament when Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.
TRANSFIGURATION
MESSIAH
In Hebrew, the "Anointed One," the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, the awaited Jewish "savior" or "rescuer".