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Church History crossword that covers material from Lesson 01-20.

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• Ecumenical Council in 381 that revised the Nicene Creed
• Early church heresy that caused confusion about the nature of Christ; rejected by the Alexandrians
• Epitome of Byzantine art; Justinian said he had surpassed Solomon
• The term Cyril used to describe how Christ was one nature, with two essences
• Term used to describe the Greek-speaking empire that separated from Rome
• Means "God-bearer," and became important in the discussion of Christ's nature
• The father of Byzantine theology; he reconciled Cyril's work with that of Origen
• Literally means "natures;" was the focus of the Council of Chalcedon
• The Antiochene school of thought which taught that Christ had only one nature
• The Alexandrian school of thought that Christ had two natures
• The word used in the Creeds to demonstrate that Jesus was of the same essence of the Father
• The high point of Byzantine rule; understood himself as the rightful ruler of Rome
• Ecumenical council in 451 that saught to provide a compromise between the Eastern and Western church
• Bishop of Mopsuestia who was the leader of the "Three Chapters"
• Church father whose works were personally condemned by Justinian
• The leader of the Alexandrian school, who best articulated the dyophsite perspective
• Ecumenical council in 325 that sought to issue a standard for Christian belief
• A local council in 649 that declared henophysitism heretical, and put Maximus in grave danger
• Palestinian monk who encouraged persecution of the Origenist monks in his community
• Author of the Tome, whose writings represented Western thought against the Eastern church

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