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Apathetic theology
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relates to what cannot be said or known about God
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Kataphatic theology
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relates to what can be said or known about God
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Gen. 12
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Abram is being led into the unknown by God
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Following/facing your guide
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Do not want to stare goodness in the face
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Nihilism
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affirmation of nothing
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Why Peter weeps at Luke 22:62
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Peter denies Jesus three times before the cock crows just as Jesus had predicted; causes Peter to weep
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The Great Sin, according to C.S. Lewis
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Pride
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Three parts of morality according to C.S. Lewis
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likens his three parts of morality with ships
1. man-man: ships don't crash into each other (fair play and harmony between the individual) 2. within man: within ships/steering (tidying up and harmonizing what's inside each individual) 3. man and power: where the ship is going (general purpose of life as a whole, goal/destiny) |
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Asceticism
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denying oneself or one's desires; self-denial usually taking a physical form, with the purpose of freeing the human being to be more loving i.e- vows of chastity or poverty, giving up something for lent
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Valentinus
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2nd Century A.D., Rome; believed the human spirit needed to be freed from the material cage that is our body; believed Jesus' job was to rescue us from the physical world
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Gnosticism
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saw spiritual reality as good and physical reality as bad; either abstained from sex completely, fasted, or they were completely free and promiscuous with their bodies
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1 Peter 4:1-4
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people are surprised that chastity is being practiced
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Council of Nicea
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325 A.D., rejected Arius and his teachings; Nicaean Creed: "begotten not made"; can't split the human Jesus with the divine word of God
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Homoousios
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of the same nature/substance; Jesus is homoousios with us in his humanity; enters our condition while staying fully united with God; bridges the distance that opened up with The Fall
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Arius
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believed Jesus is homooousios with Godl didn't affirm divinity completely; "there was when he was not <-- there was a time Jesus did not exist
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Begetting vs. Creating
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begetting = any being's giving existence to another being like itself; 1st instance = God the Father begetting God the son, first account exceeds all existence
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Council of Ephesus
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431 A.D.; main speaker- Nestorious, Mary = bearer of Christ not the bearer of God
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Theotokos
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birth of Theology; (tokos=bearer, birth-giver, mother) Mary can be called Christokos (Bearer of Christ)
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Cyril
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main speaker against Nestorius at Council of Ephesus
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Nestorius
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main speaker at Ephesus argued that Mary is the bearer of Christ but not the bearer of God; separated human/divine
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Council of Chalcedon
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451 A.D.; Pope Leo the Great - Jesus the son of God is one person in two natures; homoousios with the Father in his divinity and homoousios with us in his humanity; without separation, without confusion
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"One person in two natures"
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Pope Leo the Great: Jesus the Son of God is one person in two natures, homoousios with the Father in his divinity, with us in his humanity
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Definition of the Holy Spirit as given by Dimitri Staniloae
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"The Holy Spirit is the love of the Father for the Son which descends upon the Son and returns as the love of the Son for the Father"; individual reality/texture; Holy Spirit makes possible both unity and diversity
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Paul's conversion
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Acts 9: 1-19- "why do you persecute me?", Paul is blinded, Ananias speaks on Jesus' behalf and Paul is unblinded; Paul's change occurs directly from the appearance of Jesus
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Paul's understanding of his suffering, in Phillippians
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joyfully/thankfully writing from prison; also happy the Philippian's are sharing his suffering
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Kenosis
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Philippians 2:5-11, self-emptying love, expresses movement of love of God, human form, incarnate suffering through obedience and love of God
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Epectasis
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perfection as a perception of progress
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Teresa of Avila
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continued to grow/stretch, becoming Holy didn't happen overnight, wasn't looking for minimalist approach/who was more a maximumist, 16th century, founded discalced Carmelites
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Discalced Carmelites
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founded by Teresa of Avila, didn't wear shoes, posed a challenge/hardship, Edith Stein became one
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Edith Stein
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author of "The Hidden Life", discalced Carmelite; born an Orthodox Jew in 1891, converted to Christianity in 1932 after reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila, denounced Nazis, transferred to Netherlands, arrested by Nazis and died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1944
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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darkness of her soul/felt dry, never lost commitment to God, felt His absence
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How she understood her suffering (As suggested to her by Rev. Neuner)
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paradox: felt the presence of God was missing in her life
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The Syllabus of Errors
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compiled by Pope IX; rationalism, liberalism, nationalism:
rationalism: all answers would come through rational thought liberalism: advocate of a form of government where people have say/vote nationalism: unified as a nation, separate from others |
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What is the weight of Syllabus of Errors
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likened to a teacher in an environment where classroom is going out of control; pandemonium, chaos; weight/status- "meat that needs to be cooked", half-baked, idea is there but lacking something
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Gaudim et Spes
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-one of 16 documents produced by Vatican II
- represents change of Vatican II - interconnectedness + solidarity - church needs to speak in a way that can be understood in each generation |
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1 John 2:15
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"Love not the world", do not love the world --> separate
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John 3:16
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"God so loved the world" , God can love in a self-giving way, in a humble way; do not love the world in a possessive way, a controlling way, a fallen way
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Vatican II
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opened by John XVIII, began in 1962 with four sessions, ended in 1965, issues addressed came from clergy all over the world, had not been a council since 1870 (Vatican I), addressed role of all clergy not just Pope, first council to appear in mass media
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After Vatican II
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masses no longer in Latin, Priest gave mass facing audience not the cross, no meat on Friday was dropped
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Aggiornamento
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update, to bring up to today
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Ressourcement
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return to the sources, happened by people looking back into the tradition of the church
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Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
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Pope XVIII: "the substance of the ancient doctrine of the faith is one thing, the way it is expressed is another"
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Lumen Gentium
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God's church is the Roman Catholic Church, not the only place the Catholic Church exists, "subsists in" vs. "is"
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"Subsists in"
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The one , holy, Catholic, and apostolic church subsists in the Catholic church, was going to be IS
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Unitatis Redintergratio
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U.R. 14 = distinction between Eastern Orthodox Churches and Protestant Churches; U.R. 15 = when one worships in an Eastern Church it adds to the building of "the church"
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Ecumenism
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restoring unity among Christian Churches that have been divided
i.e.- Catholic and Protestant |
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The Stone Boy
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Arnold accidentally kills his brother when they are going to pick peas in the morning, doesn't tell anyone until after he's done his morning chores, doesn't seem to feel any remorse about killing his brother
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Mme. LaComtesse
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change in Mme. LaComtesse, hasn't said "Our Father" in years, lost 18 month old son blames God, upstanding in society, goes to church, main fault = doesn't love her daughter, attachment to her son was so intense it prevented her from being able to love others, what brings about her change is her talks with the priest
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Where The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican can be found
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Lk. 18:9-14
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Where The Parable of the Unmerciful Debtor be found
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Mt. 18:23-35
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Where The Parable of the Sinful Woman can be found
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Lk. 7:36-50
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Where the Parable of the Prodigal Son can be found
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Lk. 15:11-32
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican
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The Pharisee is worse because he cannot admit he is a sinner; publican can admit, and what he does right is he admits his sins and he sees himself
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The Parable of the Unmerciful Debtor
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slave is forgiven of his debt, then he goes out and insists a fellow slave pay the debt he owes to him
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The Parable of the Sinful Woman
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the person who is deeper in the whole in sinning has more forgiveness
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The Parable of the Prodigal Son
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-father is representative of God
- 2 sons represent ways we can act to a situation - goes back to is father, willing, shows humility - father runs to his son, represents God running to meet and reconcile -hard ending in regard to older son - older brother = lack of forgiveness, pride, jealousy - father leaves party to check on his older son - fathers forgiveness does not call bad things good, but he wants everyone to be good |
