REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rule Of Faith, Arianism, Docetism
20 Jan 2016
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Doctrine and beliefs: christology, soteriology, heresy, recapitulation, docetism, arianism, tradition, regula fidei. People and institutions: ignatius of antioch, arius of alexandria, athanasius of alexandria, Ethics and events: council of nicaea (also spelled nicea) in 325. Doctrine: teaching of the church; true concerning a particular subject. Heresy: false teaching, in opposition to the orthodox teachings: arianism. Arius" position (focus on humanity: the son is a creature, who, like all other creatures, derives from the will of god, the term son, when referring to jesus, is a metaphor or honorific term. It does not imply that the father and son share the same being/status: the status of the son is a consequence of the will of the father. The status of the son is not a consequence of a supposed divine nature of the son. Athanasius" argument (focus on divinity: no creature can redeem another creature, according to arius, jc is a creature, therefore, according to arius, jc cannot redeem humanity.
