Terminology -

SON OF GOD – (an appellation or Title of Jesus) (see: Ps 2:7; Ps 89:26-27; Matt 3:17; Matt 4:3; Matt 4:6; Matt 10:40; Matt 11:27; Matt 14:33; Matt 15:13; Matt 16:15-17; Matt 17:5; Matt 18:10; Matt 18:19; Matt 20:23; Matt 21:37; Matt 26:53; Matt 26:63-64; Matt 27:43; Matt 27:54; Mark 1:1; Mark 1:11; Mark 3:11;… Read More

SON OF THE BLESSED ONE –  (an appellation or Title of Jesus) “But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” Mark 14:61

SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS – (an appellation or Title of Jesus)  “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.” Mal 4:2

SURETY – (an appellation or Title of Jesus)   “By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.” Heb 7:22   (Also: Guarantee)

STONE – (an appellation or Title of Jesus)  “Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?” Matt 21:42 “And a stone of stumbling, and a… Read More

SURE FOUNDATION – (an appellation or Title of Jesus) “Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.” Isa 28:16

TEACHER – (an appellation or Title of Jesus) “The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.” John 3:2

TRUE GOD – (an appellation or Title of Jesus) “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”… Read More

TRUE VINE – (an appellation or Title of Jesus) “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.” John 15:1

TRUTH – (an appellation or Title of Jesus)  “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

UNSPEAKABLE GIFT – (an appellation or Title of Jesus)  “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” 2 Cor 9:15 (also: inexpressible gift)

VERY CHRIST – (an appellation or Title of Jesus)   “But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.” Acts 9:22

WAY, THE – (an appellation or Title of Jesus)  “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

WHICH IS, WHICH WAS, WHICH IS TO COME – (an appellation or Title of Jesus) equivalent to the tetragrammaton (YHWH), the Eternal One, I AM THAT I AM “John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come;… Read More

WONDERFUL – (an appellation or Title of Jesus)  “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isa 9:6

BLESSING CROSS – (or Hand Cross) Used in the Orthodox Church by a priest or bishop to give a blessing or benediction. The hand cross is kept on the Holy Table in the Altar and used at certain moments during the liturgy, most noticeably when he holds it in his right hand as he gives… Read More

NESTORIANISM – The name of a Christological heresy which originated in the Church in the 5th century out of an attempt to rationally explain and understand the incarnation of the divine Logos, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity as the man Jesus Christ. Nestorianism teaches that the human and divine essences of Christ are… Read More

MELCHIZEDEK – The priest-king of Salem (Peace), who offered bread and wine to Abraham (Gen. 14:18), is regarded as a ‘type’ of Christ not only by the Fathers but equally in the New Testament itself (Heb. 5:6; 7:1-19). (King of Righteousness,  King of Peace)

SERMON ON THE MOUNT – a distillation of the Gospel in its entirety, all that is essential for every Christian to know and to do. The Evangelist St. Matthew recorded what appears to be the entirety of the sermon, in the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of his Gospel, and the Evangelist Luke gives several… Read More

CHURCH TRIUMPHANT – A term for members of the Church,  the saints who have departed this life, as distinguished  from  the members of the Church Militant on earth, still in warfare against sin and evil. (HEB. 12:23)  Not that there are two churches, we believe in only One Holy Cathlic and Apostalic Church, all members… Read More

ARK OF SALVATION – The Church is the ark of salvation and we are all gathered into that ark. Just as one could not survive outside of Noah’s ark, the same goes for the  Church. It is truly the Ark in which mankind may be saved from the flood of corruption and sin.

BRIDE OF CHRIST – 1)The Church is the Bride of Christ, the eschatological spouse of the Son of God, united to him in faith and love, for which he gave himself up on the cross. The intimacy of a husband and wife is an earthly image of the intimacy that Christ has with his Church,… Read More

NEW ISRAEL – The Church. According to the typological method, God’s promises to Abraham and his descendents were fulfilled through Christ and His Church. One Orthodox scholar has written: “In Christ, then, the covenant with Israel was fulfilled, transformed, and transcended. After the coming of the Messiah—the Incarnation of God the Son—only those who are… Read More

BODY OF CHRIST – The Church is the Body of Christ both because its parts are united to Christ through His divine mysteries and because through her, Christ works in the world.  We partake of the Body and Blood of Christ, in the holy Mysteries, so that we ourselves may be members of Christ’s Body:… Read More