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2.2.2.7 Nativity
Word Made Flesh
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Religious Studies
10th Grade
03/07/2009

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Word
Definition
The cosmic expression of divine Wisdom by which God created the universe
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Logos
Definition
A Greek term; it can mean anything from a divine utterance to the principle of cosmic reason that orders and governs the universe 
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Gnosticism
Definition
A movement in the early church that developed into Christianity’s first major heresy
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Gnosis 
Definition
Special knowledge
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Docetism
Definition
A branch of Gnosticism; it argued that Christ, being good, could not also be human; he only seemed to have a physical body    
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Chaos
Definition
The dark reality that existed before God’s Creation     
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Cosmos
Definition
God’s first act forged its birth
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Winged Eagle
Definition
The symbol of John’s Gospel
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