Chapter 3: The Nature of God—The Blessed Trinity

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Across
  1. 3. Beyond ordinary experience and human comprehension.
  2. 4. A Greek term meaning “of the same substance,” referring to the one divine substance shared by the Father and the Son.
  3. 7. A Hebrew name for God meaning “Lord.”
  4. 17. A 3rd- and 4th-century heresy that denied Jesus’ divinity, claiming he was not equal to the Father but an exceptional creature elevated to “Son of God” because of his obedience and holiness.
  5. 18. The study of God and Divine Revelation.
  6. 20. Belief in more than one god.
  7. 23. The essence of a being, understood as the source of its actions and defining characteristics.
  8. 24. A title for the Holy Spirit, from the Greek meaning “one called to help,” in the sense of consoler, advocate, and intercessor.
  9. 25. Meaning “of the same essence.” The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit share one divine nature, as affirmed of Jesus Christ in the Nicene Creed.
  10. 26. From Greek words meaning “single” and “nature.” A heresy claiming that Christ has only one, divine nature, with any human nature absorbed into it. It was condemned at the Councils of Chalcedon (451) and Constantinople II (553).
  11. 28. A divinely revealed truth whose possibility cannot be known by reason alone and whose inner reality cannot be fully understood by the human mind.
  12. 29. From the Greek meaning “knowledge.” A group of heresies teaching that salvation is attained through secret knowledge, distorting Christian belief and practice in the 2nd century.
  13. 31. Free from error.
  14. 32. The obstinate denial or doubt by a baptized person of a truth that must be believed with divine faith.
  15. 34. The Hebrew word for “God the Creator.”
  16. 35. Of or pertaining to God.
Down
  1. 1. A Hebrew name for God meaning “almighty God.”
  2. 2. From the Latin meaning “to make flesh;” the mystery by which the Son of God became truly human, uniting divine and human natures in the one divine Person of Jesus Christ for humanity’s salvation.
  3. 5. All-knowing; an attribute of God.
  4. 6. All-good; an attribute of God.
  5. 8. All-powerful; an attribute of God.
  6. 9. Close and present; accessible and easy to grasp. In theology, it is the opposite of transcendent.
  7. 10. The term used to refer to the distinct Persons of the Trinity.
  8. 11. That which is immaterial and does not depend on matter for existence or activity.
  9. 12. The quality of being unchangeable.
  10. 13. The joining together of divine and human natures in the one divine Person of Jesus Christ.
  11. 14. The belief in one God, the Creator of the universe.
  12. 15. A central Jewish prayer affirming belief in one God, recited daily. It begins, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.”
  13. 16. From the Greek meaning “to seem” or “to appear.” A Gnostic heresy claiming that Jesus Christ only appeared to be human.
  14. 19. A Hebrew name for God meaning “the all-high God.”
  15. 21. In philosophy, an individual substance of a rational nature, possessing intellect, will, and moral responsibility.
  16. 22. The religion of the Jewish people.
  17. 25. Influential writers of the early Church noted for orthodox teaching, recognition by the Church, holiness of life, and antiquity (living in the first few centuries).
  18. 27. Present everywhere; an attribute of God.
  19. 30. A 4th-century heresy that claimed Christ consisted of two separate persons, one divine and one human.
  20. 33. The mystery of one God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.