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Date: May 10, 2025.
Contact:+237 6 82 39 22 53/
+237 6 83 95 01 10 / +237 6 91 77 27 88.
Website: www.theosisinstitute.org
Email: contact@theosisinstitute.life
Join Theosis Higher Institute in celebrating 1700 years of Christology as we prepare for Horizon 2033, the complete cycle of 2000 years of the Church. We firmly believe that the Body of Christ holds the answers to humanity’s crises and are convinced of a forthcoming theological breakthrough, a deeper experience of Christ beyond what previous generations knew.
The purpose of this event
The purpose of this Theological Symposium on Christology is to lay the framework for the 21st century Church from the vantage point of Christology as the nexus for every other field of theological endeavor.
Your beliefs about Christology will shape your Theology, which pertains to your understanding of God. These beliefs will also influence your views on Anthropology, determining your perspective on Man. Likewise, your Christological understanding will impact your views on Soteriology, the nature of salvation. It will affect your stance on Eschatology, regarding the nature of the end of things, and guide your beliefs about Ecclesiology, the nature and mission of the church.
- What you believe about your Christology will influence your theology, which is what you believe about God.
- What you believe about Christology will influence what you believe about Anthropology; which is what you believe about man.
- What you believe about Christology will influence what you believe about Soteriology; the nature of salvation.
- What you believe about Christology will influence what you believe about eschatology; the nature of the end of things.
- What you believe about Christology will influence what you believe about ecclesiology; the nature and the mission of the church.
A word from Prof. Shawn Smith, Chancellor of Theosis Higher Institute
” This year 2025 marks a significant milestone: 1700 years since the first ecumenical council at Nicea in 325 A.D. affirming the unity of faith in Christ Jesus: Truly God and Truly Man. This remains foundational to our mutual faith in the Head of the Church, the Savior of the world.
After the departure of the first century Apostles, the Church in the Patristic age was confronted with rising views and doctrines that questioned the very identity of Jesus Christ, the foundation upon which the Church is established. The post-Apostolic Church Fathers had to address these questions, formulating a Christology that addressed the heretical influences from the Greek and Jewish cosmological world while establishing a firm and creedal identity of Jesus Christ.
Our Ancient Faith is Christological. It is everything related to the Person and Saving Work of Christ. The challenges faced by the 21st century Church can be traced back to our understanding of Christology, the Person and the Work of Christ, for Christology is the nexus point of all aspects of Theology. This indicates to us that if the 21st century Church is to rise and effectively fulfill Her mission in the midst of all challenges in our contemporary world, we must have an honest theological appraisal of the historical development of Christology in the Patristic Age, celebrating the Church Fathers and drawing from their works the ancient wisdom and Christological hermeneutic that is being passed down throughout the Church Age. “
Outline of Symposium Activities
- Keynote speeches.
- Highlight of events that led to Ecumenical Councils.
- Synoptic review of the theological deliberations surrounding the New Testament Analysis of the Ecumenical Councils.
- Establish the biblical and theological basis for the universal and cosmic Lordship of Jesus Christ.
- Modern recurring influences in the understanding of Christology and the mission of the Church in the world.
- Presentation of undergraduate research.
How to Register
Registration is now open at the Eikon Service Center: Rue Bonajinge Deido, Douala, opposite boulangerie Saker Deido.
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Meet the Speakers
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The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
And of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God,
Begotten of the Father before all worlds;
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God; begotten, not made,
Being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made.
Who for us men and for our
salvation came down from heaven,
And was incarnate by the Holy Spirit
of the virgin Mary, and was made man;
And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
He suffered and was buried;
And the third day He rose again according to the scriptures,
And ascended into heaven,
and sits on the right hand of the Father;
And He shall come again,
with glory, to judge the living and the dead;
Whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord and Giver of Life;
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son;
Who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified;
Who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins;
And I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Some of the Church Fathers
St. Athanasius (c. 296 - 373)
Homoousion tou Patri (ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί) NOT Homoiousion tou Patri (ὁμοιούσιον τῷ Πατρί).
"God became man so that man might become God."
St. Macrina (c. 327 - 379)
A role model, spiritual guide, and intellectual companion to the Cappodocian Fathers: St. Gregory of Nazianzus and St. Basil.
The Cappodocian Fathers / Three Hierarchs
St. Basil the Great(c. 329 - 379)
St. Gregory of Nazienzus (c. 329 - 390)
"The unassumed is the unhealed. Christ assumed the whole of Adam with rational soul"
St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 - 395)
St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nazienzus, St. Gregory of Nyssa, against Arianism, they clarified the relationship between the one divine ousia (essence/substance) and the three hypostases (persons) — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They helped solidify the orthodox understanding of the Trinity against various heresies.
St. Maximus the Confessor (c. 580 - 662)
St. Ambrose of Milan (c. 339-397)
Pope Leo I (c. 400 - 461)
"For just as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so Christ is one Person in two natures."
Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376 - 444)
Arguing against Nestorianism, he emphasized the unity of Christ's Person.
"For we do not divide the one Christ into two Sons, but we say that He is one and the same."
St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
St. Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35-c. 107)
St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130-c. 202)
St. Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200-258)
"Outside the Church there is no salvation."
About Theosis Higher Institute
Officially launched in the year 2014, Theosis Higher Institute is an institute of patristic and apostolic understanding founded by Prof. Shawn Smith. It is a revelatory educational program to restore to the church the apostolic and ancient church patristic vision of the Gospel.
The institute is dedicated to ministers who desire to understand the inheritance of our faith, that is the historic foundation of Christianity in order to recapture the apostolic and ancient church patristic vision of the Gospel.
