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| Chalcedon | the council that in 451 attempted to explain Jesus' divinity and humanity; affrimed that Jesus is fully human, fully divine. Two natures in one w/o division, confusion, seperation, or change. |
| incarnation | the living Christ |
| docetism | to seem or appear; Jesus appeared to be human, but actuall wasn't. |
| atonement | at one ment; to be made right w/ God through Christ |
| Christology | study of Christ the person and his works; also refers to the person of Christ |
| soteriology | study of salvation; associated w/ the work of christ |
| orthopraxis | right/correct action; to follow Jesus |
| justification | acceptance w/ which God recieves us into God's favor as righteous people; remission of sins and the imputation of Christ's righteousness |
| sanctification | being holy; cultivating blamelessness & purity of life |
| Anselmian atonement | satisfaction/substitutionary theory; theory widely acceoted by fundamentalists that states God demands restitution for our sins, but we cannot provide, so God sends Jesus to stand in our place; Jesus died for our sins |
| Christus Victor | "Christ is Victor"; God and Stan are involved in a cosmic battle. Because of original sin, humanity is the property of Satan. God sends Jesus to fight for humanity. Jesus wins and humanity is won back to God. |
| moral atonement | developed by Peter Abeland; atonement is derived from the life of Jesus; Jesus was an example of the way humans should live |
| threefold office of christ | prophet, priest and king, old testament images used in Christus Victor |
| faith | the means by which we recieve God's gifts |
| imputed righteousness | Christ's purity and righteousness are given to man to make him appear righteous and pure before God |
| infused righteousness | to make man righteous and pure through Christ |
| simul justus et peccator | at the same time, justified and a sinner |
