anathema
a pronouncement of excommunication for someone who teaches a doctrine condemned by a church council
arius
priest in alexandria who taught that jesus was not fully divine but a creature of god (human)
ascetisism
practices and disciplines, tools that aid the spiritual life
christology
the branch of christian theology relating to the person, nature, and role of christ
creed
statement of beliefs
edict of milan
declaration by constantinople that grace religious freedom to all traditions in the roman empire
heresy
a divisive error in teaching
monophysitism
heretical teaching that there is only one nature in christ
nestorious
patriarch of constantinople, taught