Terms
The Holy Trinity
Church Fathers & Councils
Salvation
100
The term "Dogma" literally means _________.
Tenet or belief;
"That which one thinks is true." Dogma is sometimes referred to as 'Doctrine'
100
This term means a single nature. Christ's humanity merged into His divinity, leaving him with a single nature: His divinity.
We do not believe this.
Monophysite
100
Which Father is called the “Seal of the Faith”?
St. Cyril
100
According to Acts 20:28, how did Christ purchase the Churcu?
With His own Blood
200
This term means essence or nature.
Hint: The divine ________ is unchangeable, timeless, unlimited.
Ousia
Homoousios: One Essence
200
This term means: Two natures, God and man, and no unity between the 2 natures. Use of 2 natures implies division or separation.
We do not believe this.
Diophysite
200
Which Father is called "Canon or Basis" of Faith?
St. Athanasius
200
From the Greek word οἰκονομία, this term refers to God’s loving plan or “management” of salvation, revealed in Christ and carried out through His unconditional love.
The Divine Economy
300
This term means Individual or Person.
Hypostasis
300
The Father is unbegotten, the Son is ________, and the Holy Spirit ________.
The Father is unbegotten, the Son is Only-Begotten (John 1:18), and the Holy Spirit proceeds from The Father.
300
Do we believe that the Church Fathers are infallible?
We do not believe that the Fathers are infallibile. There are Fathers who are universally accepted as pillars in expounding and explaining the dogma of the Church. For example, St. Athanasius of Alexandria is considered the basis or canon of the Orthodox Faith whereas St. Cyril of Alexandria is considered the seal.
300
This teaching, often described in the Friday Theotokia as “He took from what is ours and gave us what is His,” explains how Christ’s Incarnation restored humanity’s share in divine life and immortality.
The Divine Exchange
400
Theology is the study of God based on _________.
Divine revelation; A way of expressing WHO God is & HOW He works in the world.
Has SOME flexibility within theological expression. Perhaps partially because all expressions fall short of accurately describing God.
400
What does the term "Miaphysite" mean?
-One Nature of the Incarnate Logos.
-Jesus Christ is perfectly human & perfectly divine. These two natures are united together without mingling, confusion, nor alteration in ONE nature (Ousia).
400
Which heresy taught that the Son was created, not eternal?
Arianism
400
The Cross is both a ________ and a ________.
Hint: The Paradox, Worshipping the Crucified One
The Cross as atonement: sacrifice, sin offering, guilt offering, expiation, substitution…
The Cross as victory: overcoming the powers, bondage, slavery and oppression...the new exodus, the harrowing of hell, and Christus Victor.
500
This term is one of the oldest themes to explain redemption and Christ as the new Adam.
Recapitulation
Running through almost all the patristic attempts to explain the redemption there is one grand theme which, we suggest, provides the clue to the fathers' understanding of the work of Christ. This is none other than the ancient idea of recapitulation which Irenaeus derived from St. Paul, and which envisages (contemplates) Christ as the representative of the entire race. Just as all men were somehow present in Adam, so they are...present in the second Adam, the man from heaven.
500
This term means "removing the barrier of sin."
Expiation
500
At which council was homoousios affirmed and in what year?
Council of Nicaea (325 AD).
500
Christ disarmed the principalities and powers” reflects which model of salvation?
Christus Victor (Christ the Victor).