Wk. 4 - The Cappadocians Flashcards
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Who were the Cappadocians?
Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus
Who was Macrina?
Sister to Basil and Gregory of Nyssa
What did Basil do on the outskirts of Caesarea?
Created a town for the poor and needy called Basiliad
What was Basil concerned with?
Spreading monasticism and advancing the Nicene cause
Who presided over the Council of Constantinople?
Gregory of Nazianzus
When did the Council of Constantinople take place?
381 CE
How did the Cappadocians contribute to trinitarian doctrine?
Clarified the difference between Ousia (essence) and Hypostasis (persona)
How did Basil view the difference between Ousia and Hypostases ?
1 Ousia in 3 Hypostases. Ousia was the general and Hypostases was the particular
What did Gregory of Nazianzus believe the terms Father, Son and Holy Spirit referred to?
Their relationship
What was the relationship of the Trinity in the view of Gregory of Nazianzus?
The Father was unbegotten
The Son was Begotten of the Father
and the Holy Spirit proceeds
What does Gregory of Nyssa affirm about the Trinity?
That the operations are common amongst the three. When God acts, God acts as one.
Who called the Council of Constantinople?
Emperor Theodosius
What is the full name of the creed developed at the Council of Constantinople?
The Niceno-Constantinopolitian Creed
What is Christology?
The study of the person and work of Christ
What were two early Christian Christological thoughts?
Ebionism (Jesus only Human) & Docetism (Jesus only Divine)
What two positions on Christology came out to address these?
Logos-Human & Logos-Flesh
What is the Logos-Human Christology?
The Word united itself with a complete human, flesh and soul
What is the Logos-Flesh Christology
The Word united itself with a human flesh only.
Who was a key supporter of Logos-Human Christology?
Eustathius
Who was a key supporter of Logos-Flesh Christology?
Apollinaris
According to Apollinaris, how did the Word connect to the Human?
The Logos took the place of the human spirit in Jesus. Divine soul in human body.
How did the Cappadocians respond to Apollinarius
They felt his Christology was a threat to salvation. If Christ was not fully human then he could not fully save us.
What is Gregory of Nazianzus’ Christological perspective?
2 natures, divine and human, concurring in unity. Like stars in daytime.
What is the Communicatio Idiomatum
Refers to communication/exchange of properties. The nature of one applies to the nature of the other.
