THEO 206 - Quiz 7 - 10 Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update 2025-2026
Christology (Def) - Answers Part of theology that studies the person of Christ with reference to
his relationship to both God and humanity.
• The doctrine about the person and works of Jesus Christ
• Relationship of his two natures: divine and human
The division of the Christian empire into east and west - Answers 395 AD marks the definitive
division of the Christian Empire
Hera & Athena (Christology) - Answers Greco-Roman godesses
Arius (Def) - Answers Arius, in the 4th century, denied that Jesus was God.
The Councils of Nicaea (325 AD) and Constantinople (381 AD) set the record straight against
Arianism.
Edict of Milan (History) - Answers 313 AD
Edict of Milan (Constantine and Licinius):
- tolerance toward Christians
- Christian symbols appear on the coinage
-Sentences passed by episcopal tribunals recognized as valid by the state
- Churches are given the right to inherit property (a measure allowing them to increase their
heritage)
- Places of worship multiply
Christians rise to the highest posts in the administration
- the first restrictive measures against pagan practices
- the cult of the emperor as in some way "equal of the Apostles"
The persecution of Christians ended in 313 when Constantine of the West and Licinius of the
East proclaimed the Edict of Milan, which established a policy of religious freedom for all
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (History) - Answers 312 AD
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge:
, Maxentius (Roman Emperor) is killed
Constantine has vision of the cross - "In this sign you will conquer"
Arianism (View) - Answers An influential heresy denying the divinity of Christ, originating with
the Alexandrian priest Arius ( c. 250- c. 336).
Arianism maintained that the Son of God was created by the Father and was therefore neither
coeternal with the Father, nor consubstantial
The Virgin Mary's influence on Christology - Answers Debate of the Trinatrian Controvery started
with the devotion to the Virgin Mary.
There was a special devotion, especially in the imperial circle, such as Empress Pulcheria. She
was interested in the ideal of virginity, she had a group of women around her who were
cultivating this ideal, considering how it was possible to imitate the Virgin Mary and give birth to
Jesus spiritually in one's soul.
Filioque (Def) - Answers Filioque (the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son)
- Hilary of Poitiers and Ambrose of Milan used the term before Augustine
- Filioque was used to protect the Trinity from being understood as an unequal graded triad
- Filioque gave more emphasis to the unity of God than the Greek formula did
- The Son is a perfect image and resemblance of the Father The Word of God is the seat of the
models of all finite beings which could serve as partial limitations of the highest being
- The models of the minor resemblances are called the ideas (divine thoughts)
The Council of Ephesus (History) - Answers In 431 AD
Ephesus dealt with Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople, and his challenge to the title of
Theotokos (Mother of God or God-bearer) for the Virgin Mary
God's oneness as influenced by Jewish Monotheism (Theology) - Answers • Jewish
monotheism, some Christians affirmed God's oneness: Son and Spirit were mere aspects
(masks) of the one God
Babylonian and Canaanite deities & the Hebrew Bible (Theology) - Answers Ancient and near
eastern divinities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and rejected by monotheistic Jews in favor of
Yahweh:
Christology (Def) - Answers Part of theology that studies the person of Christ with reference to
his relationship to both God and humanity.
• The doctrine about the person and works of Jesus Christ
• Relationship of his two natures: divine and human
The division of the Christian empire into east and west - Answers 395 AD marks the definitive
division of the Christian Empire
Hera & Athena (Christology) - Answers Greco-Roman godesses
Arius (Def) - Answers Arius, in the 4th century, denied that Jesus was God.
The Councils of Nicaea (325 AD) and Constantinople (381 AD) set the record straight against
Arianism.
Edict of Milan (History) - Answers 313 AD
Edict of Milan (Constantine and Licinius):
- tolerance toward Christians
- Christian symbols appear on the coinage
-Sentences passed by episcopal tribunals recognized as valid by the state
- Churches are given the right to inherit property (a measure allowing them to increase their
heritage)
- Places of worship multiply
Christians rise to the highest posts in the administration
- the first restrictive measures against pagan practices
- the cult of the emperor as in some way "equal of the Apostles"
The persecution of Christians ended in 313 when Constantine of the West and Licinius of the
East proclaimed the Edict of Milan, which established a policy of religious freedom for all
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (History) - Answers 312 AD
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge:
, Maxentius (Roman Emperor) is killed
Constantine has vision of the cross - "In this sign you will conquer"
Arianism (View) - Answers An influential heresy denying the divinity of Christ, originating with
the Alexandrian priest Arius ( c. 250- c. 336).
Arianism maintained that the Son of God was created by the Father and was therefore neither
coeternal with the Father, nor consubstantial
The Virgin Mary's influence on Christology - Answers Debate of the Trinatrian Controvery started
with the devotion to the Virgin Mary.
There was a special devotion, especially in the imperial circle, such as Empress Pulcheria. She
was interested in the ideal of virginity, she had a group of women around her who were
cultivating this ideal, considering how it was possible to imitate the Virgin Mary and give birth to
Jesus spiritually in one's soul.
Filioque (Def) - Answers Filioque (the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son)
- Hilary of Poitiers and Ambrose of Milan used the term before Augustine
- Filioque was used to protect the Trinity from being understood as an unequal graded triad
- Filioque gave more emphasis to the unity of God than the Greek formula did
- The Son is a perfect image and resemblance of the Father The Word of God is the seat of the
models of all finite beings which could serve as partial limitations of the highest being
- The models of the minor resemblances are called the ideas (divine thoughts)
The Council of Ephesus (History) - Answers In 431 AD
Ephesus dealt with Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople, and his challenge to the title of
Theotokos (Mother of God or God-bearer) for the Virgin Mary
God's oneness as influenced by Jewish Monotheism (Theology) - Answers • Jewish
monotheism, some Christians affirmed God's oneness: Son and Spirit were mere aspects
(masks) of the one God
Babylonian and Canaanite deities & the Hebrew Bible (Theology) - Answers Ancient and near
eastern divinities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and rejected by monotheistic Jews in favor of
Yahweh:
