Biblical name of God meaning Lord, Master, Ruler

Belief that there is no God

Bishop of Hippo (354-430 A.D.). He believed in the Scriptures as our final authority in doctrine, and considered the creeds of the Church as helpful summaries of Scriptural teaching. He wrote regarding the Nicene Creed, "These words which you have heard are in the divine Scriptures scattered up and down: but thence gathered and reduced into one, that the memory of slow persons might not be distressed; that every person may be able to say, able to hold, what he believes."

Elected bishop of Caesarea in A.D. 370. In Letter 189, written to Eustathius, he defended the Scriptures as our final authority in doctrine.

Term which originally meant "universal," and was used in the Apostles' Creed to describe the Church as including all believers from all places and  throughout all of history. The term later came to be used in reference to the Roman Church as an organization, but this was not the original meaning as it was used in the creed.

City in Asia Minor where church council was held in 451 A.D. This creed stated that Jesus was "truly God and truly man."

Greek word (transliteration) for Christ. It is used in the Septuagint to translate "Meshiach," which means "Messiah," "The Anointed One."

Bishop of Carthage in the third century. In Epistle 73, he wrote that traditional teachings of the Church should not have more authority than the Scriptures, because the Church can make theological mistakes. In this letter he wrote, "...custom without truth is the antiquity of error."

Biblical name of God meaning God Most High

Biblical name of God meaning Almighty God

Latin phrase meaning "out of nothing," used to explain that God created everything out of nothing

Early heresy from the first centuries after Christ. Among other things, they believed that material things were evil, including the human body, which was a prison of the human soul. They consequently believed that God would never take on the form of human flesh, and therefore denied that Jesus was both God and man.

Greek term used in the New Testament, usually meaning the abode of wicked souls, but sometimes referring to the place of both the righteous and the wicked

Belief in the existence of many gods, but offering special dedication on one primary god

Theologian from Rome (c 170 – c 236 A.D.). Wrote Against the Heresy of One Noetus, in which he defended the Scriptures as our final authority in doctrine.

Means "person." The term was used in the early centuries after Christ to express the doctrine that the divine nature and the human nature of Christ are united in one "person."

Phrase used in early theology to express the doctrine that the divine and human natures of Christ are united in one person

Religion that teaches that Jesus was a true prophet of God, but that He was not crucified or resurrected

Greek word (English transliteration) for ruler, master, Sir

Belief in one true God

Creed written by a council held in the city of the same name, in 325 A.D. This creed was basically an expansion of the Apostles' Creed.

Early Christian theologian (185-254 A.D.) who taught in Alexandria, Egypt. Wrote commentaries on the Bible and On First Principles, in which he defended the Scriptures as our final authority for Christian doctrine. He produced the Hexapla, a  comparative study of various translations of the Old Testament.

Comes from the Greek word "pasco" (transliteration) meaning to "suffer."

Belief in multiple gods

A creed used in Rome in the early centuries after Christ, almost identical to the Apostles' Creed

Monk and historian (340/345 – 410 A.D.), who proposed (in 390 A.D.) the idea that the Apostles' Creed was written by the twelve apostles, each one contributing a phrase

Greek translation of the Old Testament.

Theological term used to refer to Jesus' ministry of intercession, while seated at the right hand of God the Father

Hebrew term used in the Old Testament to refer to the place of the departed spirits, both the righteous and the wicked

When used in theology in reference to God, it means that God's essence consists of only one substance.

When used in theology in reference to God, it means that He is the only true God.

Latin phrase meaning "Scripture alone," one of the basic principles of the Reformation

All the inner, non-physical aspects of our being

Early Christian writer (160-220 A.D.) from Carthage. (His name is written in several different ways, sometimes ending in "-us.") He referred to the "Roman Creed" by this name around 200 A.D.

Term used for the belief that god is absolutely one, with no distinction between persons

Biblical name of God meaning Lord. Derives from "I AM" in Hebrew. It is the most intimate name of God, a proper name, used as early as the time of Seth.