Council of Nicaea
The founder of Arianism, who argued that Jesus is not co-eternal with the Father.
Arius
The emperor who convened the Council in 381.
Theodosious I
This Archbishop of Constantinople taught that Christ had two separate natures, one divine and one human.
Nestorious
This emperor called the Council of Chalcedon after the death of Theodosius II to settle the disputes from the previous councils.
Marcian
As an example of devotion, the author uses a former NBA player as a devotee whom current NBA player Lebron James could take advice from.
Kobe Bryant
Bishop of Alexandria and defender of orthodox Christianity during the "Arian Controversy"
Athanasius
The creed was a result of the Council of Nicaea and was expanded during the Council of Constantinople to include additions concerning this element of the God-head.
Holy Spirit
Condemned Nestorius’s teachings as heretical and took charge of the Council of Ephesus.
Cyril of Alexandria
The Council of Chalcedon declared that Christ had two natures, divine and human, in perfect union. This teaching became known as what?
The Chalcedonian Definition
The author of our text, Christianity as A Way of Life.
Kevin Hector
Centered on the nature of Jesus Christ and his divinity, and was a major dispute in the early Church. The answer is not Council of Nicea.
Arian Controversy
Considered one of the Cappadocian Fathers, an early Doctor of the Church, and helped shape the doctrine of the Trinity.
Gregory of Nazianzus
Nestorious used this term, meaning God-bearer, but advocated against its overusage instead opting to be quite cautious in using this term to describe Mary, mother of God.
Theotokos
The Council of Chalcedon overturned the decisions of this earlier, chaotic meeting dominated by Monophysites.
Robber Council
The author of our text, Christianity as a Way of Life, teaches at this university. This university, located in the state of Illinois, is a key institution in the study of religion. Hint: In the 1989 movie when Harry Met Sally, the two main characters meet on a library on this campus.
University of Chicago
The first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity marked Christianity as an official religion of the Roman Empire. He also convened the Council of Nicaea. He excommunicated his cousin, Eusebius, for his views.
Constantine I or Constantine the Great.
A noted opponent of Arianism who wrote these words: “the human race is saved… by the assumption of flesh (by the Logos)”.
Apollinaris of Laodicea
Before the Council of Ephesus officially began, Cyril of Alexandria started the meeting early and used this imperial loophole to justify it.
"Start the council without delay."
Name two major Christian traditions that split from the main Church after Chalcedon due to disagreement over the nature of Christ.
Coptic and Armenian Apostolic Churches?
(Other correct answers: Ethiopian, Eritrean, Syriac, or Malankara Churches.)
According to Kevin Hector, Christianity should be understood not just as a set of beliefs, but as what?
A way of life?
Meaning constubstantial.
Homoousious
Beginning with the phrase "I believe in One God," and ending with "and the life of the world to come." This was one of the "resolutions" of the First Council of Constantinople.
Nicene-Constantinople Creed
After the initial Council of Ephesus, a later gathering called the “Robbers’ Council” condemned anyone linked to Nestorius and declared this Christological view the only correct one
Monophysitism or the belief that Christ has one nature (divine and human combined).
After Chalcedon, this theological division became a lasting political fault line in the Byzantine Empire, often used by opponents of the emperor.
Monophysite vs. Chalcedonian split
What practice does Hector highlight as a simple but powerful way of forming devotion through admiration and example.
Imitation