Ch 12-15 Flashcards
(31 cards)
Church condemned these theories as heresy
docetism, adoptionism, arianism
The scriptures, written by Jews, give Jesus godly titles:
“Lord,” “Son of Man,” I am,” “the Word”
docetism
Jesus is God but he only appeared to be human
adoptionism
Jesus was a good man, so the Father adopted Jesus as “son”
Arianism
Arius said Jesus is above human but below God—demigod
Council of Nicea condemned it in 325
Nicene Creed says:
Son is “God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in being with the father”
451 Council of Chalcedon said:
Jesus the Son is “fully like God as regards divinity, fully like us as regards humanity.”
Trinity
1 God, 3 “persons”—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Doctor of the Church
honorary title for a great teacher
Father of the Church
honorary title for a great Christian thinker of early times
saint
holy person
Who attacked Rome for 3 days in 410
the Goths
Pagans asked:
why worship the Christian God who doesn’t protect the empire from defeats?
Augustine wrote
the City of God to answer the question
Stoic idea
God watches over human events
providence
over-seeing
in times of hardships be patient
for in fire, gold is test, and worthy men are tested in the crucible of humiliation
don’t reject the discipline of the Lord
for a father disciplines the son he loves
Augustine City of God Book V
God foreknows what we will do. But we have free will.
Book 1 ch 8
God lets both good and bad people suffer in this life. depends on what you do while suffering
CS Lewis’ idea in the Problem of Pain
God has created a world in which we can operate with free will. To exercise free will we need a world which has fixed laws of physics and biology.
City of Man
those who see this world as all that is
worships so that god can help us dominate the world
city of god
those who see relationship with God as the greater good
wants the world to grow closer to God
Simon Stylites
hermit that lived on a pillar in syria for 40 years
