Christian
Creed, Heresy Keywords and Etymology
1. Ecumenical
·
Representing a number of different Christian
churches.
·
Promoting or relating to unity among the world’s
Christian churches.
The word is derived from Greek οἰκουμένη (oikoumene),
which means "the whole inhabited world", and was historically used
with specific reference to the Roman Empire. The ecumenical vision
comprises both the search for the visible unity of the Church (Ephesians 4:3)
and the "whole inhabited earth" (Matthew 24.14) as the concern of all
Christians.
2. Heresy
·
Someone who actively chooses a different
interpretations of faith than that which is proclaimed in the creed of the
church
From the Latin word ‘haeresis’ meaning ‘’act of choosing’’
3. Incarnation
·
The embodiment of God the son in the human
flesh of Jesus Christ
Etymology
The noun incarnation derives from the ecclesiastical Latin verb incarno,[4] itself derived from the prefix in- and ''caro,
"flesh", meaning "to make into flesh" or "to be made
flesh".
4. Modalism
·
The view that the Holy
Trinity is like an Actor playing three different roles; this has the
implications that when God was Jesus, he was not the father. The Godheads of
the Trinity is made up of three different ‘’aspects’’ or ‘’modes’’ of a single
God rather three distinct beings.
5. Trinitarianism
·
The belief that God exists as
three hypostases – The father, the son and the holy ghost but is still just one
being with each of them having the one
identical essence or nature, not merely similar natures.
6. Universalism
·
The belief that all humans
may or will be saved through Jesus Christ and will eventually come to harmony
in Gods kingdom.
7. Gnosticism
·
The view that God is fully
transcendent, the world was created by a demiurge. Jesus was a messenger of God
but not actually God, the holy spirit was inside Jesus but left his mortal body
shortly before his death.
8. Homoiousios
·
Meaning ‘’Similar essence’’.
Although essence can be interchanged with ‘’substance’’
9. Homoousios
·
Meaning ‘’Same essence’’ again
with essence being interchangeable with substance
10.
Hypostases
·
A Greek term which translates
into Latin as ‘’personae’’ or ‘’persons’’. Example: God is made up of the three
Hypostases.
Comes from the Greek word hypostasis which means
‘’sediment’’. Hypostasis is the result of the words ‘’Hupo’’ which means under
and ‘’Stasis’’ which means standing.
11.
Personae
·
A Latin word which translates
to persons. Example God is made up of three personae.
12.
Substantia
A Greek word than translates to the Latin word Ousia which
means ‘’True being’’ or ‘’True essence’’.
13.
Ousia
A Latin word which translates to ‘’True being’’ or ‘’True
essence’’
Early Christians used Ousia in defining God as one genus of
Ousia with three distinct hypostasis.
The generally agreed-upon meaning of ousia in Eastern Christianity is "all
that subsists by itself and which has not its being in another’’ (i.e.
necessary existence) -
in contrast to hypostasis,
which is used to mean "reality" or "existence".[8]
Christian theologians began to use the
greek term ‘’hypostases’’ which translated into latin as ‘’personae’’ or
persons. They posited that God is three hypostases of one ousia
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