Trinity
What are the Three Persons in the Trinity?
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
Who is Mary?
Mary is the chosen mother of Jesus by God. She is the one holy virgin Mary.
What do Ecumenical Councils do?
An ecumenical council is a council called by the pope of the Catholic Church. Representatives of all branches of the church attend.
What does the first part of the Nicene Creed address?
The first part of the Nicene Creed addresses the first divine person of the Most Holy Trinity, God the Father, and the creation of heaven and earth
What is the Trinity?
It is the central mystery of faith
How did God choose Mary?
God chose Mary to be the mother of Jesus because she, herself, was the Immaculate Conception.
What is the purpose of these Councils?
They affirm the doctrines of the church and refute schismatic heresies.
What does the Nicene Creed sum up?
The Nicene Creed is a profession of faith that summarizes Catholic beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
What are the qualities of the First Person?
Is the Eternal Source of all existence. Has no gender, is a spirit or entity. Is considered to have the characteristics of father and mother (gentle and stern).
What are Mary's Relations?
Her son is Jesus. Her husband is Joseph. Her cousin is Elizabeth and her cousin's son is John the Baptist.
Between what years did the seven Ecumenical Councils take place in?
A.D. 325 and A.D. 787
How does the Nicene Creed relate to the debate over Arianism?
It was created to address the Arian controversy and defend the divinity of Christ.
What are the qualities of the Second Person?
Is the Eternal Son of the Eternal Father, he has a filial relationship with God. He is God's creation and own flesh made flesh. He is truly God and man. Is our savior and was incarnated to sacrifice himself for our sins.
Who brought the news of Jesus to Mary?
God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth with a message for Mary, who was promised in marriage to Joseph
What was decided at the Council of Nicaea in 325?
Its main accomplishments were settlement of the Christological issue of the divine nature of God the Son and his relationship to God the Father
What does the second part of the Nicene Creed address?
The mystery of Jesus Christ's redemption of humanity.
What are the qualities of the Third Person? What are the 7 gifts?
Is the gift giver and guider. Sanctifies by giving us the 7 gifts. Represented by three symbols: fire, dove, and wind. Shares a joint mission with Jesus. Works always; is an advocate.
The 7 Gifts: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of God.
Why did God choose Mary?
She was the Immaculate Conception. This means that she was the only fitting mother for God in the flesh. Mary was conceived in the womb of her mother in a miraculous way in that she was conceived without sin.
She was pure hearted and born without original sin.
What are the 4 main Ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church?
The First Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325, the First Council of Constantinople in A.D. 381, the Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431, and the Council of Chalcedon in A.D. 451.
What does the third part of the Nicene Creed address?
The third part of the Nicene Creed addresses the divinity of the Holy Spirit