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systematic theology
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systematic theology is any study that answers the question, "what does the whole bible teach us today?" about any given topic
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word of God
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as a person: jesus christ
as speech: by God -personal adress--> speaking directly to people -through human lips -written form--> bible |
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canon of scripture
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the list of all the books that belong in the bible
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authority of scripture
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means that all the words in scripture are Gods words in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God
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inerrancy of scripture
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means that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact
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clarity of scripture
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means that the bible is written in such a way that its teaching are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking Gods help and be willing to follow it
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necessity of scripture
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means that the bible is necessary for knowing the gospel, for maintaining spiritual life, and for knowing Gods will, but is not necessary for knowing that God exists of for knowing something about Gods character and moral laws
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Sufficiency of scripture
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means that scripture contained all the words of God he intended his people to have at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains all the words of God we need for salvation, for trusting him perfectly and for obeying him perfectly
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apostolic fathers
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after the apostles
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justin martyr
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defender of the faith
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irenaeus
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against the heretics
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tertullian
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father of latin theology
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clement of alexandria
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intelligent orthodoxy
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origen
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platonism for the masses?
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cyprian
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the martyr-bishop
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eusebius of caesarea
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father of church history
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athanasius
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the deity of christ
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ephrem the syrian
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the lyre of the holy spirit
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the cappadocian fathers
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defining the trinity
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ambrose
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the church above the emperor
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john chrysostom
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preaching the bible
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jerome
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the bible into latin
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augustine
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blueprint for the faith
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cyril of alexandria
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jesus the incarnate word
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the odoret of cyrus
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jesus: god and man
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leo the great
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'unworthy heir'
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wycliffes bible
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-translated from latin to english
-hand copied manuscripts -1st english translation (whole bible, end of 14th century) |
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tandale
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-1st translation from greek to english
-1st bible printed (printing press--> 1440) |
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erasmus
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-catholic scholar
- bible should deb accessible to all |
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what is integration
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to think through every are of life and field of knowledge in light of biblical truth, and integrate them into a growing, fully-orbed version o life and the world, lived out as an expression of love for God and others
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think worldviewishly about your christian faith?
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approach every aspect of our lives as an expression of loving and worshipping God
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look outward in thinking christianly?
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seek to understand and evaluate the presuppositions underlying various beliefs, practices, disciplines, and other world views
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look inward in thinking christianly?
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unpack your own christian worldview
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four chapters of christian story
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creation (origin), fall (problem), redemption (solution), restoration (destiny)
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imago Dei
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in the image of God
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professor described authority
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source of knowledge about what is true in a given area: an authority knows the truth and tells the truth
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reasonable response to an authority
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to trust in him and follow his directions
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where does the professor differ from grudem?
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we emphasize credibility, grudem does not
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two big ideas focused on in our study of the bible?
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nature and role
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why did the professor stress credibility of the bible? why is it important?
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weed out the untrue documents
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support credibility of the bible? why is the historical reliability of the NT important? how does it relate to believing the bible is the word of God?
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crucial for determining the identity of jesus christ, grounds our conviction that the bible is the inspired word of God
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bad argument for the authority and inspiration of the bible
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"how do you know the bible is the word of god?"
"because it says it is" "why do you believe what the bible says about itself?" "bc its the word of God" and repeat |
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good argument for the authority and inspiration of the bible
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NT is historically accurate
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methodology, thesis and argument for historically reliability of NT
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methodology: historiography
thesis: The NT documents are accurate reports of actual events which have been accurately transmitted to us today argument: apply same tests to the NT if it fails, reject it. if not, then it is to be taken seriously as the rest of historical documents put under the test |
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what does revelation refer to?
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Gods communication to us
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what does word of God refer to? what three things in the bible?
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God speaks to us
creation, incarnation (flesh), scripture |
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how does god speak in creation
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logos->creation-> stands as an expression of his nature
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what does john mean by logos
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spoken by creating
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general revelation is truth available to all people by virtue of what?
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creation
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how much can we know about god through general revelation? what scriptures support?
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gods nature and character-> theism, inferred entity
romans 1:20 |
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special revelation? why do we need it? what scriptures support?
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specific info disclosed by gods particular words and actions, in word of god, jesus and scripture. general revelation is not enough to know who god is. Tomans 10:12-15
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how do general and special revelation relate to one another?
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GR provides common ground for talking about SR
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is the bible exhaustively true?
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yes, BUT it does not contain the exhaustive truth about everything (like math or science)
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why can there be contradiction between bible and science?
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misinterpreted bible or science evidence
we can still be confident in bible |
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problem in galileo incident
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bad science and bad theology
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psalm 19 discusses which kind of revelation
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general
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two ways that we can go wrong with general revelation
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underestimate it
overestimate it |
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what distinguished the bible as the word of god? why is the bible significant?
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record of gods words, his communication to us
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inspiration and authority of bible?
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truth and trustworthiness
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what is gods final word
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Jesus
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how does the truth of scripture relate to the authority of scripture?
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ultimate source of knowledge
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how did jesus view OT?
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deep respect, authority, quoted often
Luke 24:44 |
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how did jesus view the NT?
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preauthoritizes the NT
John 3:34 |
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what does 'canon' mean? what does the canon of scripture refer to?
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greek, kanôn, standard rule, measure
gods word as standard rule or measure of what followers of jesus should believe/ how they should live |
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3 criteria were used to determine the canon of the NT?
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apostolic, catholic (universal), orthodox
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why did the early christians formulate a canon?
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because of false canons existed
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the bible is true in all that it __________
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affirms
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what is the conservative heresy
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trying to make the bible say more than it actually says
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what is the liberal heresy
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tyring to make the bible say less than it actually says
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where in bible and definition
logos pheromenoi theopneustos |
john 1:1-4
carried along 2 peter 1:20-21 god breathed 2 timothy 3:16-17 |
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to say scripture is inspired is to say what?
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god breathed
2 peter 1:20-21 |
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acts 2:24
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how to live
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john 3:34
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holy spirit in special revelation
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john 14:24-26 (16:13-14)
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jesus authority, future revelation
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john 17:17-18
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jesus prayer for us, revelation of truth
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2 peter 3:15-16
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god given inspiration to paul
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hebrews 1:1-3
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authority of jesus and scripture
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2 timothy 3:16-17
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scripture is god breathed
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deuteronomy 18: 14-22
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warning of false prophet
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what is the role of interpretation of scripture in relation to inerrancy?
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bible is true in all that it affirms
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how should we respond to scripture? why?
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know trust and obey to learn dependence
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what are fourteeners?
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big ideas that give shape to everything else
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why is it important to study christian history?
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to find out why/ how the ideas were formulated
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key apostolic father was the bishop of smyrna and studied by dr. berding?
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Polycarp
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what point did the professor make about the two earliest, post-NT Christian documents (epistle of barnabas, didache)?
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2 earliest writings after NT
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two major turning points of the church identified by lane
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fall of jerusalem
edict of toleration |
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why were christians accused of atheism? immorality?
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didn't worship all the gods,
cannabalism--> eating the body and blood of christ |
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what is historical relativism? what are the problems?
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all truth is relative to particular historical contexts
self refuting |
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what is a creed?
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latin-> credo, meaning "i believe"
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creed comes from what laying word
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credo
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3 purposes of creeds
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1. clarify the faith
2. unify christians around the central truths of the faith 3. educate people as to what the christian faith really is |
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why are creeds needed
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they clarify what the scriptures teach as what is clear and fundamentally important
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the word catholic in the early christian creeds means?
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universal
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creeds and councils do what?
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build fences
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fences, orthodoxy and heresy, and freedom?
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guidelines
time falls outside fences freedom once we know our boundaries |
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final text of the apostles creed established?
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700 AD
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