REL 1350 Midterm: Concise last-minute notes for Exam 2
12 May 2017
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If christ were not truly god, then his sacrifice could not erase the corruption of humans. Only god could do that: cappadocian fathers, asserted that although there was in god but one substance (homoousion), there were three persons (hypostasis). This breakthrough was the accomplishment of three individuals: basil of caesarea, gregory of nazianzus, and gregory of. Nyssa: homoousios of the exact same substance, homiousios of similar substance, heteroousios different substance (arius advocated this) Council of constantinople (381 ce: by theodosius, a foe of arianism, nicene creed reaffirmed, trinity, three persons one substance, christ is fully human. Council of ephesus: against nestorius, nestorianism is based on the belief put forth by nestorius that emphasized the disunity of the human and divine natures of christ. According to the nestorians, the nature of christ is divided equally between his divine nature and his human nature, but the two are distinct and separate.
