terms
definitions
100

What is Son of Man?

 Self-Designation of Jesus . . . Messianic in nature . . . "Son of Man" can also simply imply "human," as in "mortal".

100

What is the study of the nature or meaning of Jesus Christ.

Christology

200

What is Trinity?

The Christian God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though still One God.

200

What is the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus the Christ.

Atonement

300

What is incarnation?

 To be made in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality.

300

What is the common Roman practice of execution. The death of Jesus (and countless others) by nailing or binding to a cross.

Crucifixion 

400

What is Original sin?

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.

400

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.



Parable

500

What is Transfiguration?

Event reported in the New Testament when Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.

500

What is theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind . . . The End Times!

Eschatology