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Christianity I: Foundations - Themes 7-9
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- 1YeshuaHebrew name for Jesus;
means "God saves";
"Joshua" in English;
"Iesus" in Greek and Latin, "Jésus" in French, "Jesus" in English - 2Adoptionisma human prophet was adopted by God as His son, that is, Jesus was a favored son of God;
at that time, all men were considered "sons of God";
"raised up" doesn't necessarily mean resurrection - 3DoceticismGreek for "to seem as; appear";
Logos only appeared to be human;
form of Gnosticism (material things are evil; knowledge saves) - 4soteriologystudy of salvation
- 5Ignatius of Antiochcombated Doceticism;
said it makes God a deceiver because he is not really saving us - 6Eunomiusstudent of Arius;
said God took the soul out of Jesus in the womb and put in logos - 7salvation"union with God"
- 8Athanasiuscombated Arianism and Apollonarianism saying "That which is not assumed (appropriated) cannot be saved.";
"God became man so that man might become God" - 9sinseparation from God
- 10Apollonarianismsaid that Jesus didn't have a soul because he was without sin;
Logos is God;
Jesus is fully God, not fully human - 11ArianismJesus was neither human nor divine;
God created Logos in a soulless human body - 12Nestorianismbelieved that Jesus had 2 natures (human & divine) in 2 persons (Jesus & Logos)
- 13TheophorosGreek for "God bearer (carrier)"
- 14hypostatic union"subsistence (manner of existence) union";
Jesus was 1 person with 2 natures (human & divine) - 15Messiah"the Anointed One"
- 16ChristGreek for "Messiah"
- 17mesitesGreek for "middle party; middle man"
- 18methorianGreek for "midway point; bridge; boundary"
- 19apokatallassoGreek for "reconciliation"
- 20principle of participationif anything participates in the reality of another, then it is raised to a higher level and shares in its properties
- 21theosisGreek term saying that God's Divine Energies transform us to share in God's glory and become partaker in the Divine Nature
- 22deificationthe mystery of sharing in God's nature
- 23Monotheletism"one will";
Jesus only had one will (God's will) - 24Monophysitism"one nature";
Jesus starts as both fully human and fully divine, but ends as only fully divine - 25Communication of Idiomsthe human and divine natures communicate in concert
- 26Leo of Romewrote "Leo's tome" which talks about the communication of idioms
- 27Gregory of Nyssaused a model consciousness ("with knowledge") as Jesus grows, his human consciousness grows and comes to know God's consciousness within himself;
said "As I use my own free choice, I become my own father and mother" (self-actualization) - 28Gregory of Nazianzussaid God had an experiential knowledge of love through the Incarnation
- 29exultet"O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam that gained for us a redeemer";
Latin view - 30Anselmasked "Cur Deus homo?" ("Why did God become man?");
said we are in the debt of sin and atonement is needed - 31divinizationthe process of Theosis;
the image of God is the "being" and the likeness of God is the "doing" - 32authority"exousia" ("out of being");
an internal source - 33powerdynamic;
an external source - 34free choice"aut exousia" ("self authority");
allows us to be in the image of God;
allows for authentic love between us and God - 35self-actualization"aut éxousia" (self out of being);
we can fashion ourselves - 36predestinationthere is a place/goal set by God, i.e. heaven;
we still have free choice - 37predeterminationGod has determined everything, i.e. who is going to heaven, and who is going to hell;
we do not have free choice - 38mytha natural means of perception
- 39Church"ekklesia" ("called out of" the world to assemble)
- 40catholic"universal; worldwide"
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