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anointed one
christos in Greek
Peter's response to "who do you say that I am?" |
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Jesus and Israel were the "elect" people chosen by God
had the responsibility to be a light for the rest of the world |
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study of history's ultimate future
concerned with the end of the world |
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means Lord (Greek)
shows the authority of Jesus, esp. after his resurrection |
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| concerned with Jesus as divine |
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| concerned with Jesus as a human |
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the Word
"In the beginning, the word was God..." John says the Logos became flesh |
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formal reflection upon the experience of salvation
derives from a Greek word meaning deliverance |
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| In 325, Emperor Constantine called this council to provide a conceptual framework to speak properly and consistently about Jesus' identity. |
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argued Logos is not eternal like the Father, but created
said "there was a time when the Logos was not." |
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| said "God was made man so that we might be made God" |
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| "mother of God" or "God-bearer" |
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| "God with us" describing Jesus' humanity |
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| the feast fifty days after the Passover when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the disciples |
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Latin for gift
gifts given to all members of the church who embrace Christ and are given the Holy Spirit |
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| describing Jesus as "one in Being with the Father" |
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| made of the same substance |
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| "witness" (Greek) to the faith |
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"knowledge" in Greek
Gnostics claimed a special form of knowledge be causes they "knew" God and the way to salvation |
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a key character in the confusion created by the Gnostic challenge
said Christianity should be based on love and disregard Law
thought only St. Paul got it right |
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| universal; throughout the whole |
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"consensus of the faithful"
an agreement among all believers |
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death is life, and defeat is victory
think they've been killed, but they've actually moved on to new life |
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martyrs imitate Christ, as in Polycarp
while he was burning it smelled like baking bread |
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| means "a solitary" or "alone" |
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| 2 aspects of monastic life |
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| Augustine said it's a sign that produces an intended effect or that is effective, i.e. Christ and the spirit makes the water that cleanses effective through grace |
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"to the sources"
the slogan for scholars during the Renaissance who devoted their lives to uncovering and studying ancient texts |
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Martin Luther nailed these to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral
Formal academic disputation regarding indulgences
Beginning of the Protestant movement |
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Calvin's commentaries on nearly all the books of the Bible
one of the most influential Protestant works ever written |
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| 4 slogans of Protestantism |
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sola scriptura- the Bible is enough to resolve all major ?s
sola fide- salvation by faith alone
sola gratia- salvation by grace alone
solus Chritus- no other mediators b/w God and humanity |
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| 5 points of Calvinism (TULIP) |
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Total depravity in sin
Unconditional choice or election of some to salvation
Limited atonement of Christ
Irresistible grace of God for those who were predestined
Perseverance in grace of those who were en route to salvation |
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| Church of England embraced the "middle way" of the best of both Protestantism and Catholicism |
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| to follow the example and the teaching of Jesus |
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| "rightness" of social structures from JPII |
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| all decisions must be looked at fromt the perspective of the poor, marginalized, and powerless before they are made |
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first one to name the Sermon on the Mount
said they applied to all Christians
"they are the perfect measure of the Christian life" |
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| the respect for the human person and the rights which flow from human dignity and guarantee it. Society must provide the conditions that allow people to obtain what is their due, according to their nature and vocation. |
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| preferential option for the poor |
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| all decisions must be looked at fromt the perspective of the poor, marginalized, and powerless before they are made |
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| how does context affect the telling of the Christian story? |
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