DTS ST5102 - Final Exam With 100%
Correct Answers 2023
Adoptionism - Correct Answer-Jesus was adopted by heavenly Spirit.
Jes made Lord of Church at resurrection
MOnarchian Views
Chalcedonian Creed (Definito Fidei) - Correct Answer-- Affirmed Jesus divine nature the
same as God (homoousios)
- Affirmed Jesus Human nature same as ours in every way except sin
- Definito Fidei - Faithful definition
- Union of two natures called the Hypostatic Union
- 451
Communicable and Incommunicable Attributes - Correct Answer-Communicable
attributes are those attributes we can share with God but only to certain extent.
Incommunicable attributes are those that God alone possess.
Divinization, Theosis - Correct Answer-1. Based on 2 Peter 1:4.
2. The participation of the believer in the life of the Godhead.
3. The believer receives something from the Godhead without diminishing the Trinity's
uniqueness.
4. In the East, the communion of the believer with the Holy Spirit is at the very center of
Christian theology and Christian experience.
Docetism - Correct Answer-Heresy that taught that Jesus only seemed to be human but
was completely divine.
Assumes deity can have no direct contact with physical world because matter is
inherently evil, so Jesus cannot be truly human only in apperance
Ebionism - Correct Answer-- Jesus merely man that was a prophet or divinely anointed
- Deny virgin birth
- Reject Paul's writings - adhering strictly to Jewish law
Montanism - Correct Answer-- A movement started by Montanus
- believed a new, heavenly kingdom was imminent.
- Montanus required complete obedience, celibacy, prolonged fasting, and heavy
financial giving
- Marked by prophecy, tongues, and miraculous phenomena
, Eternal Generation of the Son - Correct Answer-used to describe the relationship
between the Father and the Son, wherein the Father is said to "beget" the Son eternally;
speaks to the Son's relationship to the Father, not to his origin
Eternal procession of the Spirit - Correct Answer-- Father is the eternal origin of the son
and the Spirit,
- all three are equally God and glorified
Eutychianism - Correct Answer-human nature of Christ was overcome by the divine or
that Christ had a human nature but it was unlike the rest of humanity
- Monophysitism
Filioque - Correct Answer-- Spirit proceeded from the Father AND the Son
- one point that divided Eastern Orthodoxy from Roman Catholicism
homoousios vs. homoiousios - Correct Answer-same nature/being vs "like being." Christ
is "like the father," but not the "same as the father."
Immanence vs. Transcendence - Correct Answer-Immanence - God's presence in the
world sustaining all created things
Transcendence - God is far higher than human intellect and our nature, and is above
our complete comprehension as human beings
Kenosis - Correct Answer-Greek for "self-emptying," a reference to how the Son of God
"emptied himself" in order to take on human nature and redeem the world.
Modalism/Sabellianism - Correct Answer-There is one God in three modes as Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit
Sabellianism - form of modalism
- OT God acted as Father, NT God became the Son, and in the Church era he is now
the Spirit
Arianism - Correct Answer-A heresy developed in the late third century that denied
Christ's full divinity, stating that Christ was a created being who was superior to human
beings but inferior to God.
Nestorianism - Correct Answer-- Two persons in the body of Jesus Christ
- Separated the two natures too far and lost the single self consciousness of Jesus
Nicene Creed - Correct Answer-Affirmed
- One God
- Eternal begotenness of the Son
- Divinity of the Son as fully God
- Homoousisios - same substance as Father
Correct Answers 2023
Adoptionism - Correct Answer-Jesus was adopted by heavenly Spirit.
Jes made Lord of Church at resurrection
MOnarchian Views
Chalcedonian Creed (Definito Fidei) - Correct Answer-- Affirmed Jesus divine nature the
same as God (homoousios)
- Affirmed Jesus Human nature same as ours in every way except sin
- Definito Fidei - Faithful definition
- Union of two natures called the Hypostatic Union
- 451
Communicable and Incommunicable Attributes - Correct Answer-Communicable
attributes are those attributes we can share with God but only to certain extent.
Incommunicable attributes are those that God alone possess.
Divinization, Theosis - Correct Answer-1. Based on 2 Peter 1:4.
2. The participation of the believer in the life of the Godhead.
3. The believer receives something from the Godhead without diminishing the Trinity's
uniqueness.
4. In the East, the communion of the believer with the Holy Spirit is at the very center of
Christian theology and Christian experience.
Docetism - Correct Answer-Heresy that taught that Jesus only seemed to be human but
was completely divine.
Assumes deity can have no direct contact with physical world because matter is
inherently evil, so Jesus cannot be truly human only in apperance
Ebionism - Correct Answer-- Jesus merely man that was a prophet or divinely anointed
- Deny virgin birth
- Reject Paul's writings - adhering strictly to Jewish law
Montanism - Correct Answer-- A movement started by Montanus
- believed a new, heavenly kingdom was imminent.
- Montanus required complete obedience, celibacy, prolonged fasting, and heavy
financial giving
- Marked by prophecy, tongues, and miraculous phenomena
, Eternal Generation of the Son - Correct Answer-used to describe the relationship
between the Father and the Son, wherein the Father is said to "beget" the Son eternally;
speaks to the Son's relationship to the Father, not to his origin
Eternal procession of the Spirit - Correct Answer-- Father is the eternal origin of the son
and the Spirit,
- all three are equally God and glorified
Eutychianism - Correct Answer-human nature of Christ was overcome by the divine or
that Christ had a human nature but it was unlike the rest of humanity
- Monophysitism
Filioque - Correct Answer-- Spirit proceeded from the Father AND the Son
- one point that divided Eastern Orthodoxy from Roman Catholicism
homoousios vs. homoiousios - Correct Answer-same nature/being vs "like being." Christ
is "like the father," but not the "same as the father."
Immanence vs. Transcendence - Correct Answer-Immanence - God's presence in the
world sustaining all created things
Transcendence - God is far higher than human intellect and our nature, and is above
our complete comprehension as human beings
Kenosis - Correct Answer-Greek for "self-emptying," a reference to how the Son of God
"emptied himself" in order to take on human nature and redeem the world.
Modalism/Sabellianism - Correct Answer-There is one God in three modes as Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit
Sabellianism - form of modalism
- OT God acted as Father, NT God became the Son, and in the Church era he is now
the Spirit
Arianism - Correct Answer-A heresy developed in the late third century that denied
Christ's full divinity, stating that Christ was a created being who was superior to human
beings but inferior to God.
Nestorianism - Correct Answer-- Two persons in the body of Jesus Christ
- Separated the two natures too far and lost the single self consciousness of Jesus
Nicene Creed - Correct Answer-Affirmed
- One God
- Eternal begotenness of the Son
- Divinity of the Son as fully God
- Homoousisios - same substance as Father
