Review for Exam

Review for Exam:

Define these terms and name at least one medieval Eastern theologian related to it:
Deification or Theosis
Icons
Passion

In the 4th century, how was a new believer assimilated into the church in the East?

Why is worship pre-eminent in Orthodoxy rather than doctrine?

Why are icons indispensable to worship in Orthodoxy?

Define these terms as an Eastern Christian might:
Eucharist

Baptism

Original sin

Theotokos
The Jesus Prayer
What were the dates, issues, and places of the first four ecumenical councils?
Name one Eastern theologian related to the first three.

What was the issue in the 7th ecumenical council and how was it resolved? Name a major Eastern theologian related to it.

In Eastern Theology, what about their anthropology makes it possible to hope, as Gregory of Nyssa did, for the salvation of all?

What was the role of Scripture and Tradition in medieval Eastern thought?

In ancient Eastern Christian thought, how is one ‘saved?’

What are some of the differences between ‘justification by faith alone’ and the Eastern Christian notion of Theosis?

Give two reasons for the Great Schism of 1054.

Extra credit: why was it difficult for the ‘Oriental’ and ‘Orthodox’ churches of the East to come to terms on the nature of Christ?

Why was Origen condemned in the fifth ecumenical council?