Apostolic Faith
This saint brought Christianity to Egypt and founded the Church in Alexandria.
St. Mark
This is the practice of explaining and defending the Orthodox faith.
Apologetics
This virtue involves seeking God's truth through Scripture and Holy Tradition.
Wisdom
This city was the birthplace of St. Didymus the Blind.
Alexandria
Define the Trinity and Christ's Nature
Father/Son/Holy Spirit are all equal, uncreated; Christ is fully divine and fully human
The Coptic Church is called this because it traces its teaching directly back to the Apostles.
Apostolic
The global epicenter for Christian theology and Scriptural teachings
Alexandria, Egypt
Wisdom is more than memorizing facts; it includes this ability to recognize and apply God's truth (called what?).
Discernment
Name St. Didymus' disability, how he learned to read, and what language he read.
Blind, Greek, by tactile wooden letters
Define Arianism
The belief was that Jesus Christ was a CREATED being, not truly God
The first Coptic Orthodox Church
St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral / Church of Alexandria / See of Alexandria
This famous school was founded to provide a rational defense of Scriptural truths.
the School of Alexandria
These two foundations of the Orthodox faith help believers gain wisdom and protect their faith.
Holy Scripture and Sacred Tradition
St. Didymus became the head of this school.
The Theological School of Alexandria
Define Macedonianism/ Pneumatomachians
The belief denied the divinity of the Holy Spirit, seeing Him as a creature/force instead of the third Person of the Trinity
The two ideas that the Early Church had to challenge
Intellectualism and Gnosticism
This Alexandrian father defended the divinity of Christ against heresy.
St. Athanasius the Apostolic
This scholar from Alexandria showed that true wisdom can provide spiritual sight even without physical vision.
St. Didymus the Blind
This virtue is most closely associated with St. Didymus in the lesson.
Wisdom
Define Manichaeism
the extreme dualistic belief that the world was divided between a good spiritual realm and an evil material realm (good - light, and evil - matter/flesh)
The three things that define a true Apostolic heritage
written scripture, tradition, and literal Apostolic Succession
This title for St. Mary was defended by St. Cyril of Alexandria to protect the correct understanding of the Incarnation.
What is Theotokos ("Mother of God")?
Wisdom acts like these physical items that guide believers and protect them from confusion, false teachings, and heresy.
Spiritual compass, a Shield
According to the lesson, St. Didymus believed that a strong _____ must go hand in hand with a faithful _____.
mind and heart
Define Apollinarianism
the belief that Christ had a human body but not a human mind/soul, with the Divine Logos taking its place