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to argue from an impossible position
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ab impossibili
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the thought exists before the fact: used in connection with God’s election
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abstractum pro concreto
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The abuse does not destroy the essence but confirms it.
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Abusus non tollit, sed confirmat substantiam.
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The word comes to the element and it becomes a sacrament.
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Accedit verbum ad elementum et fit sacramentum.
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a reference to the work of Christ as belonging always to both natures. His work is in all aspect that of the God man
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actio theandrike
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a judicial action; reference to God’s declaration of justification of man for Christ’s sake
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actus forensis
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a reference to justification as a physical or medicinal act
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actus physicus sive medicinalis
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the act which brought about the personal union; the event of the incarnation
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actus unionis
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towards the outside; opposite of actions inwardly directed
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ad extra
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a matter(s) not set forth in Scripture, thus one of choice for the believer
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adiaphoron (a)
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foreign work; not the first purpose
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alienum opus
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something in man (making him meritorious in God’s sight)
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aliquid in homine
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in the same manner or degree; analogously; analogy
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analogice
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impersonality; lacking individual personality
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anhypostasia
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whether Holy Scriptures interpret themselves
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an Sacra Scriptura seipsam interpretatur
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those books of the Bible lacking universal approval of the church as canonical
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antilegomena
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falling away from the faith
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apokatastasis
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reference to Christ’s official work(s) or act(s): base word for the third genus of attributes.
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apotelesma, apotelesmata (Gr.)
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deification; raise to the level of divinity
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apotheosis (Gr.)
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the application of the salvation acquired by Christ
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applicatio salutis acquisitae a Christo
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pledges and tokens: reference to means of grace in Reformed theology
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arrhae et tesserae
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those doctrines leading up to justification
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articuli antecedentes
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those doctrines flowing from and based on justification
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articuli consequentes
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that article of Christian doctrine, the affirmation of which supports the church and the denial of which destroys the church; reference to justification as the chief doctrine
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articulus stantis et cadentis ecclesiae
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those divine attributes which function in regard to the created world
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attributa operativa
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those divine attributes which are not active in regard to the created world
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attributa quiescentia
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