Mccurdy "great Christian Thinkers" By Colin Blakely

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Comes to prominence for letter he wrote on the way to Rome to be "devoured by Wild beasts."

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Ignatius of Antioch

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First Christian writer outside of the Bible to stress the Virgin birth.

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Ignatius of Antioch

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Was the first to talk about the "catholic" church.

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Ignatius of Antioch

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Ignatius of Antioch is thought to have been a disciple of the ______.

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Apostle John

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Second or third Bishop of Antioch

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Ignatius of Antioch

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Ignatius of Antioch was condemned to death under the rule of _______.

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Trajan

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Ignatius of Antioch made a strong stand against the heresy of _______.

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Docetism

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View that Jesus only seemed to be human and that he only seemed to suffer on the cross.

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Docetism

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Because it is believed he knew John and the other disciples of Christ, Polycarp is known as one of the ________.

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"Apostolic Fathers"

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A letter to him, from Ignatius of Antioch, is still in existence.

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Polycarp

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Apostolic father who had a strong opinion on the date for Easter.

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Polycarp

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Polycarp's date for Easter was based on the fact that he believed Easter was the ______.

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Christian Passover

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Roman governor offered to let him live if he would just deny Christ.

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Polycarp

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"Eighty-six years I have been his servant and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?"

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Polycarp

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Irenaeus was his disciple.

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Polycarp

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Irenaeus was important for attacking the ____.

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Gnostics

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Heretics who believed Salvation could be achieved through knowledge.

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Gnostics

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Did not believe that Christ was really God, they denied that he rose from the grave, and they denied that the world was created by one God.

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Gnostics

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Gnostics had lots of various beliefs they claimed had been handed down to them secretly by one or other of the ________.

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Apostles

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He claimed he could trace the churches teaching back to the original apostles.

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Iraneus

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Introduced the principle of apostolic succession.

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Iraneus

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Claimed only Polycarp & John separated him from Christ.

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Iraneus

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First to state that; Mathew, Mark, Luke, & John were the only true Gospels.

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Iraneus

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First to say that the writings of the New Testament were on the same level of authority as the Old Testament.

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Iraneus

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Iraneus taught that the New Testament should be treated as Holy Scripture because the Christian faith fulfilled what was said in _____.

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the Old Testament

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Coined the term Trinity.

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Tertullian

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First major Theologian to write in Latin.

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Tertullian

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Stressed the monarchy of God and maintained that God was "one."

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Monarchians

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They came up with the idea that there was only one person of the Godhead, that just carried out different functions.

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Monarchians

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Tertullian refuted the Monarchians by saying that God is _________.

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One substance in three persons.

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First to write a theological work about baptism.

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Tertullian

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First to write a Christian book on psychology.

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Tertullian

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Tertullian was against infant baptism because he believed at baptism a chasm was crossed and Christians _______.

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did not need to sin

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Tertullian believed sin committed after baptism was ___________.

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unforgivable

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Tertullian's book aimed at the Romans, defended the right of Christians to play their part in society.

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Apology

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He asked "what has Athens got to do with Jerusalem?"

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Tertullian

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Movement flirted with by Tertullian and branded as heretical by Pope Callistus.

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Montanism

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Movement that stressed purity and discipline, but also had apocalyptic features. Stressedd the ministry of the Paraclete & ecstatic prophecy.

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Montanism

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Described as the "father of Latin Theology."

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Tertullian

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Most likely to say; These Romans have got it in for us.

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Tertullian

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Leading thinker of the early church later condemned as a heretic.

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Origen

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Got a job from Demetrius, bishop of Alexandria, heading up the Catechetical school.

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Origen

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Was eventually sacked and defrocked by Demetrius

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Origen

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Set up his own school in Caesarea.

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Origen

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He defended the Trinity, opposed monarchianism, and taught that the son was eternally begotten.

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Origen

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Taught that the father is the son. (belief system)

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Monarchianism

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Had the idea that everything was created eternally and that as these eternal souls moved away from God they became cold + Hard.

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Origen

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Believed moving away from God caused all eternal souls to fall; some fell to be Angels, others demons and still others to be humans depending on how far they fell.

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Origen

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He believed salvation was the reversal of falling away from God.

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Origen

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He believed at the conclusion of history everything and everyone would be reconciled to God, even the devil.

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Origen

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Belief that everyone would be reconciled to God.

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Universalism

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Early Church leader who's Universalism was denounced by the Church.

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Origen

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Believed that evil was non-being

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Origen

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Believed punishment was psychological anguish.

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Origen

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Believed that the Son was inferior to the father (and so we should pray to father through the son).

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Origen

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He believed in three levels of understanding the bible; Plain literal, moral application, & allegorical sense.

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Origen

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His "First Principles" may have been the first attempt at a systematic Theology.

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Origen

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This creed written around 500 was a strong defense of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity.

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Athanasian Creed

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The Athanasian creed was not written by _____.

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Athanasius

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Bishop of Axexandria who devoted a large part of his ministry to fighting the Arian heresy.

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Athanasius

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A priest who taught that only God the Father was divine. His followers claimed Christ was not divine.

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Arius

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Athanasius held that God-father, Son, and Spirit- was of ___________.

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one divine nature or being.

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Was charged with conduct unbecoming of a bishop because he was so violent in his treatment of clergy who disagreed with him.

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Athanasius

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Had a conflict with Constantine over the reconciliation of repentent Arians.

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Athanasius

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It paved the way for the Nicene Creed, made clear the doctrines of the Trinity & the incarnation.

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Athanasian Creed

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In a letter he wrote in 367, he listed the books (for the first time) agreed to be the genuinely holy ones in the New Testament.

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Athanasius

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The books we accept as the "Canon" first appeared listed in a letter written in the year _______.

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A.D. 367

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When he wrote "A Life of St. Anthony" while on an exhile the book led to the spread of the idea of Monasticism.

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Athanasius

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Books agreed to be holy ones in the New Testament.

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The Canon

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Egyptian priest, rocked the church. Died in the streets in 336.

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Arius

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He taught that Jesus was not the eternal Son of God, but merely a heavenly being, granted the status of "son."

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Arius

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Arch-enemy of Athanasius.

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Arius

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Council called to sort out the controversy between Arius and Athanasius.

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Council of Nicaea

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Date of the council of Nicaea.

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A.D. 325

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Ruled that Christ and the father were of "one substance."

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Council of Nicaea

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Was excommunicated and banished after the Council of Nicaea.

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Arius

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Allowed Arians to return to the church.

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Constantine

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When Constantine died the new emperor Constantius, was an ____.

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Arian

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Appeared for a time to be victorious over the one substance view.

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Arianism

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The councils of Rimini and Seleucia said the Son was _______.

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"like the Father"

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Arianism won the battle but _______.

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lost the war

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Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa

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Cappadocian fathers

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Famous for their teaching on the Trinity.

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Cappadocian fathers

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The Cappadocian fathers opposed _____.

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Arianism

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"The Theologian" 329-390

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Gregory of Nazianzus

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Did become the bishop at Constantinople, having made the Nicene faith the orthodoxy of the church.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

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The Gregories led the attack against heresy and they won HERE.

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Council of Constantinople

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At the Council of Constantinople, the Gregories had a creed agreed, which some theologians identify as the ________..

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Nicene Creed

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Theological significance of the Cappadocian Fathers.

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Defended the Trinity

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Wrote a book "That there are not Three Gods."

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Gregory of Nyssa

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They drew together two teachings one; that the Father and Son are one substance, and two; that the Father, Son and Spirit are three beings.

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Cappadocian Fathers

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The combined teaching that the Father and Son are one and that the Father, Son & Holy Spirit are three beings.

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Doctrine of the Trinity

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First to teach that the Father, Son and Spirit are three beings.

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Origen

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Wrote against the Macedonians.

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Cappadocian Fathers

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Accepted the diety of the Son but argued that the Holy Spirit was not part of the Godhead.

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Macedonians

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Gregory of Nazianzus was forceful in calling the Holy Spirit ________.

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God

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Denied that Jesus had a human soul.

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Apollinarianism

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Apollinarianism did not survive the attacks of the Cappadocian Fathers at the ______.

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Council of Constantinople