Test 2

Question 1

Trinity

Answer 1

God in three persons in one being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Question 2

God reveals Himself with greater clarity over time (from Old Testament to New Testament).

Answer 2

Progressive revelation

Question 3

Belief in one God

Answer 3

Monotheism

Question 4

The six word creedal statement derives its name from the statement’s first Hebrew word. Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.”

Answer 4

Shema

Question 5

There is one God

Answer 5

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Question 6

Jesus is not…

Answer 6

The Father or Holy Spirit

Question 7

Jesus is…

Answer 7

Fully God and fully man

Question 8

When were the Christian bishops called to Nicaea?

Answer 8

325 A.D.

Question 9

Who called the Christian bishops in Nicaea?

Answer 9

Constantine

Question 10

Said, “Have we not one God, and one Christ, and one Spirit of grace poured out upon us? And have we not one calling in Christ?”

Answer 10

Clement (35-99 A.D.)

Question 11

Said, “There is one physician who is both flesh and spirit; both born and unborn; God in man; true life in death; both from Mary and from God; first subject to suffering and then beyond it, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Letter to the Ephesians 7:2)

Answer 11

Ignatius (35-108 A.D.)

Question 12

Said, “The church as ‘the building of God’ the Father hoisted up on high by the crane of Jesus Christ, which is the cross, using the Holy Spirit as a rope.” (Letter to the Ephesians 9:1)

Answer 12

Ignatius (35-108 A.D.)

Question 13

Said, “The Son and the Spirit are the ‘two hands of the Father.’”

Answer 13

Irenaeus (130-200 A.D.)

Question 14

Against Heresies 1:4, 20; 5.1.3; 5.5.1; 6.6.1

Answer 14

Irenaeus (130-200 A.D.)

Question 15

Irenaeus, Greek or Latin?

Answer 15

Greek

Question 16

“Father of Western Theology”

Answer 16

Tertullian (150-225 A.D.)

Question 17

Tertullian coined in?

Answer 17

Latin

Question 18

Made 509 new nouns, 284 new adjectives, and 161 new verbs that many were used to describe theological concepts and some were critical in the articulation of Trinitarian theology.

Answer 18

Tertullian (150-225 A.D.)

Question 19

God as one essence and three in one person.

Answer 19

Trinitas [word made by Tertullian (150-225 A.D.)]

Question 20

Person; an individual substance of a rational nature.

Answer 20

Persona [word made by Tertullian (150-225 A.D.)]

Question 21

Mask worn to change faces/emotions.

Answer 21

Persona [word made by Tertullian (150-225 A.D.)]

Question 22

The fundamental unity; substance in the Godhead. This is what three persons of the Trinity have in common.

Answer 22

Substantia [word made by Tertullian (150-225 A.D.)]

Question 23

The persons of the Trinity that share the same essence.

Answer 23

Hypostatis [word made by Origen (185-254 A.D.)]

Question 24

The Son was never, at any time, non-existent. This makes Jesus’s “sonship” different than what we normally think of regarding being a son, because normally there is a time when a son is not yet existent.

Answer 24

Eternally begotten/eternally generation [word made by Origen (185-254 A.D.)]

Question 25

The Son is of the same nature with the Father. In the same way, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, and this procession has been from all eternity.

Answer 25

Homousious [word made by Origen (185-254 A.D.)]

Question 26

Accused Bishop around 318 A.D.

Answer 26

Arius of Alexandria (256-336 A.D.)

Question 27

Subscribed to Sabellianism (modalism)

Answer 27

Arius of Alexandria (256-336 A.D.)

Question 28

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were merely roles or modes assumed in turn by God.

Answer 28

Modalism

Question 29

Was concerned to emphasize the oneness of God.

Answer 29

Arius of Alexandria (256-336 A.D.)

Question 30

Went to the other extreme: If the Father was absolutely one, where did the Son come in? Explained it, "The Father existed before the Son. There was a time when the Son did not exist. Therefore, although the Son was the highest of all creatures, He was not of the essence of God.

Answer 30

Arius of Alexandria (256-336 A.D.)

Question 31

Emphasized that individual texts must be read in the light of the whole Bible (re: Colossians 1:15).

Answer 31

Athanasius (295-373 A.D.)

Question 32

Referred to both the Son and the Spirit as homousios and consubstantial (of the same substance) with the Father. While the persons are eternal and equal, they are yet eternal and immutably distinct.

Answer 32

Athanasius (295-373 A.D.)

Question 33

Cappadocian Fathers (Greek/Eastern) (379 A.D.)

Answer 33

Basil of Caesarea

Question 34

Cappadocian Fathers (Greek/Eastern) (395 A.D.) (the brother of Basil)

Answer 34

Gregory of Nyssa

Question 35

Cappadocian Fathers (Greek/Eastern) (389 A.D.)

Answer 35

Gregory of Nazianzus

Question 36

They clarified the logic and terminology for the Trinity doctrine.

Answer 36

Cappadocian Fathers (Greek/Eastern)