Common Knowledge
Savior
What is redeemer of sin and saver of souls
Trinity
What is the Christian God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though still One God.
Christology
What is the study of the nature or meaning of Jesus Christ.
Low Christology
What is emphasizes or starts with the humanity of Jesus.
Christ
What is the Greek translation of “Messiah,” used by Christians as a title for Jesus to show that He is Messiah/Savior
Messiah
What is in Hebrew, the “Anointed One,” the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.
Eschatology
What is theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
High Christology
What is emphasizes or starts with the Divinity of Jesus.
Parable
What is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.
Incarnation
What is to be made in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality.
Ascension
What is the ascent of Christ into Heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection.
Parousia
What is the Second Coming of Christ; the future visible return from Heaven of Jesus to raise the dead, hold the Last Judgment, and establish God's kingdom.
Crucifixion
What is the common Roman practice of execution. The death of Jesus (and countless others) by nailing or binding to a cross.
Original Sin
What is the tendency to sin innate in all human beings, held to be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall.
Son of Man
What is self-Designation of Jesus; messianic in nature, but also implies "human," as in "mortal."
Atonement
What is the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus the Christ.
Resurrection
What is Christ's rising from the dead
Grace
What is the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.
Transfiguration
What is event reported in the New Testament when Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.
Hypostatic Union
What is the combination of Divine and human natures in the single person of Christ.