Erickson, Millard. Christian Theology ch.33

Basic tenets of Doctrine of two natures in one person

1. limitations due to addition of human attributes, not absence of divine attributes 2. union of two natures meant that they did not function independently; 3. recognition that the two natures are most fully known in Jesus; 4. God condescended to take on humanity; 5. Jesus was a very complex person

Word-Flesh Christology

A theological framework that emerged in the Early Church for Christology, which began with Jesus Christ as the divine Word who became flesh (human) and took on human physical nature, but NOT a human soul.

Word-Man Christology

A theological framework that emerged in the Early Church for Christology. It taught that Jesus Christ as the Second Person of the Trinity took on a full human nature.

Eutychianism

Eutychianism is that Christological heresy, named after, if not actually advocated by, the monk Eutyches (c. It is a heresy, for instance, to deny the fullness of either of the two natures in Christ; therefore both Arianism, which denies the fullness of Christ's divine nature, and Eutychianism, denying the fullness of his human nature, are heresy.

Adoptionism

Heresy that Jesus was a normal man adopted by God (usually at his baptism).

Kenoticism

In emptying himself (Phil. 2:5-11), Jesus gave up some of his divine qualities, including omniscience.

Biblical support

Prays to the Father yet spoke of self in singular; i and the Father are one yet makes no reference to any type of complexity within himself; the Word became flesh, creation plural and single image, appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believe on in the world, was taken up in glory, incarnation.

Hypostasis

Settling of blood and/or other fluids to dependent portions of the body.

anhypostatic

a term applied to the humanity of Christ, which although an integral human nature, does not terminate in a human hypostasis or person

Nestorianism

early heresy in the Church that held Christ was two persons (a human and a divine)

Dynamic Monarchianism

power of God entered into the man Jesus; incarnation not so much a case of Jesus's being united with God in some sort of hypostatic union as it was an indwelling in him of the power of God.

doctrine of dynamic incarnation

the incarnation should be thought of as the active presence of the power of God within the person Jesus;