Monotheism in Christianity
Monotheism
1 and only 1 God
Henotheism
1 main god/chief, but there are other Gods as well-kingdoms and empires
Nestorianism
God's incarnation in Jesus was so full that one could say that God had experienced human existence in the same was as all humans, except for severing having giving to sin
Following the reformation, Protestant Christians would focus on which member of the trinity in particular as the one inspired in the Bible?
Holy Spirit
Arius was eventually condemned at heretic for teaching what belief?
Jesus as the Son of God created by God the Father
Docetisim
Jesus had not been fully human
What is Jesus 100% of?
Jesus is considered 100% God and 100% human
When was the holy spirit present?
Jesus's baptism
Which early Christian argued that the God of the New Testament was a different deity than the God of the Old Testament?
Maricon
What happened at the council of Nicea in 325 CE?
affirmed that God the Father and Jesus his son are both divine and homousious (same substance)
How does Jesus refer to the Holy Spirit?
as the Paraclete or comforter who will visit Christians after his death
Dualism
belief in 2 gods in conflict example: good and evil, star wars
Polytheism
belief in many gods example: Greek mythology
Trinity
belief in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Defintion of modalism
belief that god has different "modes"
What did Maricon believe?
believed that Christianity was a dualism relationship: believed that there were 2 gods, but according to Gnostics even ignorant or evil and a good god proclaimed to be Jesus.
Definition of orthopraxis
correct practice
What is unitarinism?
debated about the nature of Jesus Christ
What was the main idea of Neoplatonism (208-270 CE: Plotinus)?
descending order from the triune source: the one, the "nous" (mind), and the "psyche" spirit.
What are dyophysteis?
double nature or Nestorians -stress the loose connection between the human and the divine natures: believed that Jesus was the one who suffered on the cross.
When was the Holy Spirit present?
during Pentecost
What did people question during the age of reason?
if religious belief was rational
How was Arianism described?
logical and rational
What did Augustine believe?
one Lord, one Faith, one baptism as humans we will never be able to say who god really is
Definition of modalists
people who argued that god took on different aspects
Definition of monarchists
people who stressed the unity of God
What did Catholic modernism do?
rethink the structure of the church
definition of lex crendi
rule of belief
Definition of lex orandi
rule of prayer
Definition of homouscious
same stuff
What was stoicism?
school of greek philosophy -taught that the world has been brought into existence by a higher intelligence
What are miaphysties?
single nature stress the divinity in Christ's nature, which swallowed up the human nature
Adoptisim
solved the paradox of God/man
Definition of filioque
straining relations between the Catholic West and the orthodox east
What does Arius teach?
taught that God made Jesus-Jesus was the "word" and God created the word -argued that the son and spirit were on the same level and the Father was eternal and he generated the spirit and the son
What happened at the council of Constantinople in 381 CE?
the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were said to be 3 persons in one substance
What was in the beginning of the world?
the word (Jesus)
Apollinarianism
though Jesus was human the word itself took the place of his human, mind, and soul
Definition of catholic
universal
What did it mean to speak in tongues?
way to claim authority