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Christianity I: Foundations - Themes 4-6
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- 1orthodox"sound doctrine; right opinion"
- 2kataphaticthe use of concrete images to describe God (ex., God is like a rock)
- 3apophaticclearing your mind of images and negating our frail human concepts (ex., god is not like a rock)
- 4paradoxcomposed of two seemingly irreconcilable points of view which are inexplicably interwoven to form a truth; a both/and statement
- 5heresyan opinion that is not orthodox; "veer off course"
- 6creedLatin for "I believe";
originally, public professions of faith made before baptism - 7DocetistsJesus was not really human, only appeared to have a body
- 8ArianismJesus was not truly divine because he was a created being
- 9ElohimHebrew term for God;
masculine plural word - 10EloahHebrew term for God;
feminine singular word - 11monotheismbelief in one supreme God
- 12essence (Greek)being (is-ness)
- 13energies (Greek)doing (activeness )
- 14auraenergy field of a living being
- 15essence (Latin)being
- 16attributes (Latin)characteristics
- 17omniscient"all-knowing"
- 18omnipotent"all-powerful"
- 19omnipresent"all-places"
- 20Believersreligious; believe there is a God
- 21agnosticsdon't know if there is a God
- 22atheistsknow there is not a God
- 23YHWHJewish name for God;
"I am who I am";
a tetragrammaton - 24AdonaiJewish name for "Lord"
- 25Origen and communicationsGod employs languages (metaphors, analogies, etc.) that we can understand
- 26ex nihilo"out of nothing";
refers to creation - 27pantheism"all is God";
everything is God - 28panentheism"all is in God"
- 29Gregory of Nyssahad the idea of theistic evolution
- 30theistic evolutionGod's creation changes;
at one point, there was an explosion of light - 31triadicthree
- 32I am who amshows God as the subject, object, and reflexive consciousness
- 33yodhand = power
- 34Ruachspirit or breath
- 35Ireaneustaught God as Word and Spirit
- 36Evagrius and Augustinesaid "the God whom you know cannot be God"
- 37ad intrain and of God's self;
internal God - 38ad extraexternal God
- 39monarchianism (adoptionism)God "adopted" Jesus as a special son; the spirit is the memory of Jesus
- 40monarchianism (dynamic)God gave Jesus powers;
Spirit is the dead Jesus - 41guntherismGod evolves; God is not infinite, absolute, etc.
- 42modalismonly one God who can only be one person (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) at a time
- 43tritheismthree separate Gods co-operate in doing, each being equal in power; lacks a relationship between the three persons
- 44begottento Greeks, meant to bring forth;
to Christians, meant the Son was always in the Father - 45ousiaGreek for essence
- 46heteroousiandifferent essences
- 47homoosiansame essences
- 48semi-Arianssince there is a God Almighty, there may be demigods who are above time
- 49subordinationismGod is a chain of command; God Almighty at the top, Son in the middle, and Spirit at the bottom
- 50triumviratea government with three executives with one above the other two
- 51distinctmain emphasis on commonality, yet distinguishing characteristics
- 52differentemphasis on what is not the same
- 53Cyril of Alexandria"God is a reciprocal irruption of love"
- 54kolposGreek for "womb"
- 55circumincession (Latin approach)"circle without ceasing";
like modalism - 56circuminsession (Latin approach)"circle in session" (court);
God is three judges around a circle table - 57perichoresis (Greek approach)"circle - choral dance";
three persons dancing and singing in harmony in a circle - 58trinity"three unity"
- 59prosoponGreek for "person";
pros = toward
sopon = eyes/face - 60hypostasissubsistence;
manner of existence - 61filioqueGreek for "and the Son"
- 62ecclesiologystudy of the Church
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