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GR: to give thanks
the act of giving thanks for salvation
A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine |
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GR: A work for/of the people
official public worship of the Church
Roman "Duties" - Christian Duties
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Second century originator of the heretical idea that there were two Gods, a judgmental, harsh, tyrannical God of the Old Testament, and a loving Father as revealed by Jesus in the New Testament.
demiurge: creator God (harsh) - OT
Spiritual God: NT |
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A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world |
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An early Christian apologist and saint. His works represent the earliest surviving Christian "apologies" of notable size.
liturgy: public duty of Rome - Christian Duties |
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The writings of the early Church Fathers |
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Visible rite of the church by which God bestows invisible Grace
The two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper
Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus:
- baptism
- confirmation
- Holy Eucharist
- reconciliation (penance)
- holy orders
- matrimony
- extreme unction (anointing the sick)
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GR: gift - a gift of God himself to people (His presence) |
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the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist (literal)
Thomas Aquinas |
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The doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists (in, with, under) with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine (literal)
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Memorial View of the Eucharist |
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The Eucharist is a memorial of the death of Christ, not a reenactment of his passion (metaphorical)
Zwingli |
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The Apostolic Fathers are a small number of Early Christian authors. They are acknowledged as leaders in the early church, although their writings were not included in the New Testament.
They include St. Clement of Rome, St. Ignatius of Antioch, and St. Polycarp of Smyrna.
wrote to Christian audience |
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Bishop of Antioch who defined role of Bishops, sacraments, and ecclesiology |
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A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
Three Marks:
1) Overseer - take care of community, public face
2) Teacher - preaches and teaches community
3) Presides over worship service |
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"priest" - represent the council of the apostles, advise bishops
--> out to other christians
an elder in the Church |
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entrusted with the service of Jesus -servant, healer
a Protestant layman who assists the minister. A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders |
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Bishop of Carthage
Peter given permission to forgive sins --> some people have authority too. those are Bishops
Bishop of Rome - Pope |
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Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, and Jerusalem |
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First Council of Nicaea (325) repudiated Arianism, declared that Christ is "of the same homoousios as the Father", and adopted the original Nicene Creed |
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Second Ecumenical Council |
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First Council of Constantinople (381) repudiated Arianism and Macedonianism, declared that Christ is "born of the Father before all time", revised the Nicene Creed in regard to the Holy Spirit |
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Council of Ephesus (431) repudiated Nestorianism, proclaimed the Virgin Mary as the Theotokos ("Birth-giver to God", "God-bearer", "Mother of God"), repudiated Pelagianism, and reaffirmed the Nicene Creed. |
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Fourth Ecumenical Council |
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Council of Chalcedon (451) repudiated the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism, adopted the Chalcedonian Creed, which described the hypostatic union of the two natures of Christ, human and divine. |
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Second Council of Constantinople (553) repudiated the Three Chapters as Nestorian, condemned Origen of Alexandria, decreed the Theopaschite Formula. |
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Third Council of Constantinople (680-681) repudiated Monothelitism and Monoenergism. |
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Seventh Ecumenical Council |
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Second Council of Nicaea (787) restored the veneration of icons (condemned at the Council of Hieria, 754) and repudiated iconoclasm. |
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GR: haireo - "to choose"
A belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion |
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time when Jesus was not - not fully God because he did not exist in the beginning - superhuman not divine
A Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism - heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son) (256?-336) |
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study of who Jesus is and relationship between his Divine nature and Human Nature |
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Of the same nature/substance (the Athanasian position)
regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity) |
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Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed |
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A formal statement of doctrine of the Christian faith adopted at the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325 to defend orthodoxy from Arianism and expanded in later councils.
-God
-Son (Jesus): human and divine
-theotokos (Mary)
-holy spirit
-resurrection
-One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church
-baptism
-Afterlife |
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Latin for "and (from) the Son", was added in Western Christianity to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. This insertion emphasizes that Jesus, the Son, is of equal divinity with God, the Father, while the absence of it in Eastern Christianity concentrates on the Father. |
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Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople
Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)
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God-bearer. The Council of Ephesus, re-affirming the deity of Christ, said that Mary was the "Bearer of God" and not just of a person who was merely human. Later Catholicism preferred to translate this as "Mother of God". Protestants recoil at this, and prefer the term Christotokos, bearer of Christ, for Mary was the mother of Jesus in His humanity, not in His deity. God has no mother, nor should we deify Mary. |
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heretic that challenged the RC definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and believed there was a single divine nature |
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Eutychianism: heresy - christ is one person and a sort of third nature produced by the hybrid of the two nature |
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reverence: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
not the same as worship |
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A schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century;
held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments |
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humans can be saved by works alone; do not need grace. no original sin
The theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous; condemned as heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431 |
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GR: exercise or training
the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state |
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Archbishop of Canterbury (1093-1109) one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God
Proof of God:
1) God is the best thing (imaginable)
2) reality is better
3) God exists in Reality |
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the system of philosophy, theology, and teaching that dominated medieval western Europe and was based on the writings of the Church Fathers
1) article - question
2) objections
3) on the contrary
4) explain
5) explains objections
a method of scholarly inquiry which proceeds by questioning ancient/authoritative texts, first by drawing up listing of contradictory statements, then applying rules of logic to show underlying agreement |
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to know God through direct personal experience
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The branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
lumen gentium:
catholic universal church (extend to all ppl and nations) |
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the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
elements of truth in other denominations; fullness SUBSISTS in RC |
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the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency
God (true) no God (not true)
believe: eternal salvation nothing
dont believe: eternal damnation nothing |
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one way: anonymous Christians
The practice of incorporating disparate or unreconciled elements in a single, inclusive system or theory. (religion) The view that all religions have a partial truth. |
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one way: believe in content = heaven
The belief that one's truth (or faith group or religion) is the only truly valid truth (or faith group or religion). |
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multiple ways: multiple christians
the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements |
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The essential doctrines concerning salvation, which the Puritans and all good Christians cling to, are summed up in the acronym T.U.L.I.P.
Total Depravity Unconditional Election Limited Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the Saints |
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(354-430) Bishop of Hippo: writes Confessions
fights donatism: says works are important not people presiding over them.
fights pelagianism: says grace is required to clear original sin
fights manicheanism: no dualistic gods
fights neoplanonism: salvation through intellect and knowledge not possible. smarter is not always better |
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father of Scholasticism
defended transubstantiation (homoousias) |
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four points:
- crisis in papacy: western schism and Avignon Popes; conciliarism lessens power of pope and bishops
- mysticism: emphasis on interior life (personal) and not on works of church
- humanism: study bible yourself (personal) individual interpretation
- dissent: teaching without a lisence; people get their voices and varying opinions heard
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Luther: German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
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Simul Justus et Peccator
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- faith is essential for salvation
- good work without faith is useless
- we are fully sinners and just (snow covering dung)
- imputed grace
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Ignatius of Loyola/Jesuits |
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father of the Jesuits, founder of schools
creator of spiritual exercises: involved (opposite of asceticism) indifference (desire things for end)
four vows
- poverty
- chastity
- obedience to superiors
***allegiance to pope
missionary order -> go where pope tells them |
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Communion Model of the Church
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A) church building: body of christ
B) magesterium: teaches - encyclicals (birth control, eucharist)
C) elements in other denominations; fullness SUBSISTS in Roman Catholic church
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Free will: defense to problem of Evil |
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C.S. Lewis: problem of pain
- free will is necessary
- neutral playing field
- laws of Nature--> lead to suffering
- human evil
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- lyrics
- intention: evocative (mood attitude), notion/chords
- instruments: bells; organs
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