Early Church
The emperor who legalized Christianity.
Who is Emperor Constantine?
This clause created controversy when it was inserted into the Nicene Creed by the West.
What is the filioque clause?
The first Church council.
What is the Council of Jerusalem?
The theology of Christ; who Jesus is.
What is Christology?
All Orthodox churches allow this, but the Catholic church does not.
What is divorce?
This heresy denied the divinity of Christ.
What is Arianism?
This city was the capital of what became the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
This council was called by Constantine in 325 to defeat Arianism.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
Latin for "and the Son".
What is filioque?
The most important patriarchate in Orthodoxy.
What is the Patriarchate of Constantinople?
This heresy denied Mary as the Theotokos.
What is Nestorianism?
This violent king was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor in the year 800.
Who is Charlemagne?
Daily Double!!!
This council denounced Arianism and elaborated on the Holy Spirit in 381.
Greek for "God bearer"
What is Theotokos?
What the Orthodox call their Mass.
What is the divine liturgy?
This saint was banished for denouncing Arius.
Who is St. Athanasius?
This cardinal excommunicated Patriarch Michael Cerularius in 1054.
Who is Cardinal Humbert?
This council defeated monophysitism in 451.
What is the Council of Chalcedon?
One and the same essence.
What is consubstantial?
States that the Pope has authority over all bishops.
What is papal primacy/papal jurisdiction?
This heresy stated that Christ's human nature was absorbed by his divine nature.
What is monophysitism?
The patriarchs were willing to accept union at this council, but the people rejected it in 1274.
What is the Second Council of Lyon?
This council declared Mary the "Theotokos" in 431.
What is the Council of Ephesus?
The revealed truth that Christ is one divine person with both a divine nature and a human nature.
What is the hypostatic union?
Literally "self-headed"; describes an independently governed Orthodox church.
What is autocephalous?