Vocab
God showing Himself to us in various ways
Revelation
Name the three heresies that the Council of Nicaea condemned.
Arianism
Gnosticism
Marcionism
Who is the founder of Islam?
Mohammad
What is an icon?
An image of a sacred person or object, meant to aid our worship
Who is the first Church Father?
Who is the last Church Father?
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Saint Augustine
A Christian author from the first 5 centuries of the Church that greatly contributed to the Church’s development of doctrine.
Church Father
The Holy Roman Empire sought to unite the __________________ sphere and the __________________ sphere.
Political and Religious
or
United "Church and State"
While the center of Christianity is in Rome, the center of Islam is in...
Mecca (their leader's birthplace)
True or False: Icons are meant to be realistic
Explain.
False: They are highly symbolic and exaggerate certain features of people and objects
Who were the two Church Fathers who were not canonized saints?
Origen
Tertullian
The Church's growth in understanding and expression of revealed mysteries within Scripture.
Development of Doctrine
What political figure constructed the Hagia Sophia and united all civil law into one Code?
Justinian I
Why do muslims believe you should not have images of God or the prophets?
They think it would be idolatry (to worship the image)
You cannot depict visibly what is invisible/ spiritual.
What are two reasons why we, as Christians, can use icons to aid our worship?
1. The Incarnation (the invisible God became visible)
2. We are not worshipping/ venerating the image itself but honoring the person/ event represented by the image.
Which Church Father was a key figure at the Council of Nicaea and wrote On the Incarnation?
Saint Athanasius
Define Hypostatic Union
How the Son of God can be one Person with two natures (divine and human)
Why was the construction of St. Peter's Basilica important for early Christians?
First place for Christians to unite in worship from all over the Empire.
Now they can worship publicly after persecutions.
Who do muslims believe their leader to be?
The last and greatest of the prophets
Just a fun question:
For 8A: Who was depicted in the icon I brought in?
For 8B: Who was depicted in the icon Cal brought in?
8A: Mary and Jesus (Mother of the New Advent)
8B: St. Michael
Which Church Father was a direct disciple of St. John and survived being burnt at the stake?
Saint Polycarp of Smyrna
Means the Son is “of one substance with the Father,” declared at Council of Nicaea.
Consubstantial
What was the main topic discussed at the Council of Ephesus?
Whether Mary could be called Mother of God or only Mother of Jesus.
What is one thing that Muslims and Christians have in common?
What is the MAIN difference?
Common: Monotheistic, OT Scriptures, etc.
Difference: No Trinity, Jesus is not God
How is the Church's teaching on icons an example of development of doctrine?
Christ did not talk about icons directly in Scripture, but the Church used principles from Scripture and Tradition to respond to the new issue that arose with icons.
Who was the first Church Father to write using the Latin language?
Tertullian