Definition
The Greek translation of “Messiah,” used by Christians as a title for Jesus to show that He is Messiah/Savior.
CHRIST
The study of the nature of Jesus Christ.
CHRISTOLOGY
Christ's rising from the dead.
RESURRECTION
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.
PARABLE
The Christian God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though still One God.
TRINITY
The common Roman practice of execution. The death of Jesus (and countless others) by nailing or binding to a cross.
CRUCIFIXION
Emphasizes or starts with the humanity of Jesus.
LOW CHRISTOLOGY
In Hebrew, the “Anointed One,” the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, the awaited Jewish “savior” or “rescuer”.
MESSIAH
Redeemer of sin and saver of souls . . . For Christians, this is Jesus, the Messiah (Christ).
SAVIOR
Emphasizes or starts with the Divinity of Jesus.
HIGH CHRISTOLOGY
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
The free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.
GRACE
The reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus the Christ.
ATONEMENT
To be made in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality.
INCARNATION
Self-Designation of Jesus . . . Messianic in nature . . . "Son of Man" can also simply imply "human," as in "mortal".
SON OF MAN
The Second Coming of Christ . . . The future visible return from Heaven of Jesus, to raise the dead, hold the Last Judgment, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom of God.
PAROUSIA
Theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind . . . The End Times!
ESCHATOLOGY
Event reported in the New Testament when Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.
TRANSFIGURATION
The combination of Divine and human natures in the single person of Christ . . . Fully human and also fully Divine.
HYPOSTATIC UNION
The ascent of Christ into Heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection.
ASCENSION