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The ascent of Christ into Heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection.
ASCENSION
The promised deliverer of of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, the awaited Jewish “savior” or “rescuer.”
MESSIAH
The study of the nature of Jesus Christ.
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 Christian God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though still One God.
TRINITY
The free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.
GRACE
Emphasizes or starts with the humanity of Jesus.
LOW CHRISTOLOGY:
Event reported in the New Testament when Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.
TRANSFIGURATION
A title used by christians for Jesus to show that He is the Messiah / Savior.
CHRIST
The combination of Divine and human natures in the single person of Christ . . . Fully human and also fully Divine.
HYPOSTATIC UNION
Theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind . . . The End Times!
ESCHATOLOGY
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