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| A major early heresy, which treated Jesus Christ as supreme amongst God's creatures and denied his divine status. |
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| Distinctively Christian doctrine of God, usually summarized in maxims such as "three persons, one God". |
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| Adjective used to refer to the first centuries in the history of the church, following the writing of the New Testament. |
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| Assembly of Christians drawn from the entire Christian world, whose decisions are regarded as normative for the churches. |
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| An area of theology focused on the divinity of Christ. |
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| An area of study focused on the person of Christ. |
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| An important theological group in the region of Antioch, Syria, known for their contribution to the doctrine of the Trinity. |
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| The development of theology as an academic discipline. |
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| The belief that the church was a body of saints, within which sinners had no place. |
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| Scriptural writings accepted to be within the Canon |
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| A writing found outside the canon of Scripture. |
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| A statement of faith summarizing the main points of Christian belief for the entire church. |
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| A statement of faith associated with specific denominations. |
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| Christ was not regarded as fully human, but his spirit was replaced by the divine Logos. |
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| An assembly of Christians, whose decisions are regarded as normative for the entire Christian world. |
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| A study of the doctrines of the church. |
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| A British monk argued forcefully for the need for human moral responsibility in the work of salvation. |
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| A religion of human autonomy, which held that human beings are able to take the initiative in their own salvation. |
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| Term used to refer to the assumption of human nature by God, in the person of Jesus Christ. |
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| An Emperor who had a heavenly vision to change the course of Christianity. |
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| A Christian writer from the second century who was concerned to defend Christianity in the face of intense criticism from pagan sources. |
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| Known especially for his vigorous defense of Christian orthodoxy in the face of a challenge from Gnosticism. |
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| His major contribution was to the development of Christian theology in both biblical interpretation, and distinguishing between the full divinity of the Father and lesser divinity of the Son. |
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| He defended the unity of the Old and New Testaments against Marcion, who believed that they related to different gods. This theologian laid the foundation for the later doctrine of the Trinity. |
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| He wrote a powerful defense of the idea that God assumed human nature in the person of Jesus Christ. |
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| He wrote an influential book about two cities, the city of the world and the city of God. It contributed to the key areas of the later doctrine of the church and sacraments, doctrine of grace, and doctrine of the Trinity. |
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