apostasy

apollinarianism

Founded by Apollinarius in the fourth century, this heresy denied the existence of a human mind and will in Christ.

theotokos

Greek:"bearer of Gods", the virgin Mary, mother of Jesus

monophysitism

a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature

athanasian creed

a Christian profession of faith

nestorianism

a heresy that taught that Jesus was two persons and that Mary was the mother of the human Jesus, not the divine Jesus

reformation

a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

gnosticism

a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element

neo-platonism

a system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism

schism

division of a group into opposing factions

arianism

early teaching of the church that was heretical by saying that Jesus was not God but created by God

heresy

outright denial by a baptized person of some essential truth about God and faith that we must believe

apostolic

the Church is built on the foundation of the Apostles

canon law

the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church

holy see

the diocese of the Pope, also Church's central administration at Vatican City

indulgence

the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution

apostasy

the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

protestantism

the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation

separated brethren

this was how protestants were called in a doc at vatican 2 instead of 'heretics'

immutable

unchangeable

indefectible

unending--no time since it was established where it has not existed