What difficult tasks did the early church face in safeguarding the apostolic faith?
Articulating the doctrine about the trinity and about Jesus and defending those truths against those who challenged them or who doubted them
What were the two main types of heresies about Jesus in the early church?
About Jesus' humanity and his divinity
Why do we use the title "Mother of God" to refer to Mary?
Theokotos which literally means "God bearer" but is often translated to "Mother of God.
What did the council of Nicaea declare about Jesus? What belief about Jesus was the council defending?
In AD 325 the council of Nicaea declared that Jesus is truly God. They defended the belief that God the son is of the " same substance
What did the council of Chalcedon affirm about the relationship of the human and divine natures of Jesus?
Two natures are undivided and inseparable
Why do Catholics say the Nicene Creed at certain liturgical celebrations?
It is a profession of faith
What are some of the key doctrines of the catholic faith that the Nicene Creed states?
The creed expresses a Trinitarian faith in the trinity, the creed Jesus' birth, death, resurrection, and ascension as key events in our salvation, marks of the church, belief in the resurrection
In what ways can the Trinity be a model for human relationships?
Family time, reaching out to new students, new friends, and join your parish