THE 1000C Lecture 11: Theology Lecture 10

• School: St. John's University
• Department: Theology and Religious Studies
• Course: THE 1000C
• Professor: Claire J Schirtzer

Document Summary

Theology lecture 10: the age of the imperial church: Restoration of seized property to the christian churches. Gave large grants of money to churches for their charitable work. Church- divine guarantee of victor over evil. Inspired growth of christian devotion to the roman state as an institution willed by god. Issue- arian heresy- relationship between god and son. Only god could be called true god. Only the one true god could save us. Father and son were one in being. Edict of 391- christianity sole religion of the empire. Expanded to include full divinity of the holy spirit. Spirit accorded work/ dignity equal to father and son. Distinguished meaning of abstract terms such as person and substance with regard to the trinity. Recognized that all language about god is an analogy. Bible alone not sufficient/ need church"s tradition. Apollinaris of laodisaea: christ had no human soul. Gregory of nazianzus: christ took on complete human nature.