God adopted a human to be the divine son of God 

(rejected because a normal human can't die for our sins)

one God, three modes

(rejected because the cross means God is dead...)

first person to use the word trinity

one substance, three persons

1+1=1

trinity is a reflection of what the bible says

325

affirmed that Christ is fully divine (homoousios)

vs. Arius 

(rejected subordinationism/heteroousios)

381

affirmed Christ is fully human

vs. Apollinarius 

431

affirmed Christ is One in person

vs. Nestorius (rejected harmony of wills)

451

affirmed Christ is Two in nature

vs. Eutyches

promotes subordinationism (hierarchy)

"there was a time when He (son) was not"

Father and Son are heteroousios

leader of orthodox/homoousios party

Jesus is 100% human AND 100% divine

trichotomy (body, soul, spirit)

Christ had human body, soul

Logos replaced human mind

maximized divinity but undercut humanity

pneuma = spirit

denied divinity of the Holy Spirit

homoiousios

called the Council of Nicea

purpose of unity

taught the nature of Jesus Christ as two persons

affirmed a conjunction (harmony) of wills

affirmed Christotokos

"Mother of God"

maintained by the church

"Mother of Christ"

affirmed by Nestorius

rejected by church

"two natures before the union, only one after it"

divinity swallowed up humanity

one divine nature

rejected by Council of Chalcedon

unconditional free will

no original sin, born innocent

grace is free will

you can take the first step towards God

perfection is possible

no eternal security

predestination: God forsees but doesn't cause

synergism

Pelagius: no original sin, born innocent

Augustine: we're born sinners (infant baptism)

Pelagius: free will is grace, have the ability to do otherwise, forgiveness given as grace

Augustine: doing what is natural to your will, since we have a sinful will, we desire to sin

Pelagius: grace is free will

Augustine: grace is irresistable

Pelagius: God forsees what we'll do but doesn't cause it to happen

Augustine: eternal destiny of the elect is predetermined, God's defining characteristic - power

Pelagius: synergism (God and human work together in process of salvation)

Augustine: monergism (salvation is totally a work of God, the human being has no role)

born with original sin (need infant baptism)

free will causes us to sin because it's our nature

massa damnata

sin is seen in ignorance, concupiscence, death

evil entered because of the misuse of free will

salvation through divine grace & monergism

predestination: eternal destiny is predetermined

"papa"

Holy Father

Bishop of Rome

Vicar of Peter/Vicar of Christ

theological error determined by church

disagreement with the church

1. baptism

2. confirmation

3. eucharist

4. penance

5. marriage 

6. holy orders/ordination

7. extreme unction

cleansing place before going to heaven

can expect eons in purgatory

"founder"

monastic life exalted

focus of the monastic life: life of prayer

copying scripture

vow of chastity, poverty, obedience

St. Benedict

Benedictine monks

strict vows

monasticism

issued by Pope Boniface VIII

most elevated statement of papal authority in MA

Mother of God

perpetual virginity

immaculate conception

corporeal assumption

First Oration in Defense of Images

incarnation voided the OT ban on images

Second Council of Nicea (787) affirmed his views

ultimate schism

official break of the East and West

ontological argument: reality is greater than thought, therefore God must exist

satisfaction theory: a debt must be satisfied and only Jesus can satisfy the debt

rejected ransom theory

moral influence theory of atonement: in the life and death of Christ we are shown God's love

the cross is the ultimate example of God's love

dumb ox

Summa Theologica

5 cosmological proofs

faith and reason are parallel

1. first mover, unmoved

2. first cause, uncaused

3. necessary being

4. absolute perfection

5. teleological argument

look at creation and know that there's a creator

everything designed with a "purpose"