Theopaschism

Definition

From Θεός (‘God’) and πάσχω (‘I suffer’): expressions that speak of God the Word as the subject of suffering and death, because His human flesh became His own.

Episodes

• 012 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 10
• 125 — Patrology — Topic 13

Related Concepts

• 12 Anathemas
• Communicatio Idiomatum
• Cyril Of Alexandria
• Fifth Ecumenical Council
• Hypostatic Unity
• Nicene Creed
• Theotokos

Biblical References

• Acts 20:28 — Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.