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a posteriori, a priori
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These terms refer to whether an assertion is dependent on experience (a posteriori) or independent of experience (a priori). For example, if we can prove the existence of God after observing creation, it is an a posteriori conclusion. However, if God’s existence can be proved on some basis prior to sense experience, then the existence of God is argued a priori.
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Alexandrian school
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A Christian center of scholarship located in Alexandria (Egypt) and led by Clement of Alexandria in A.D. 190 and by Origen in A.D. 202. Influenced by the philosophy of Plato, this school understood the task of biblical interpretation as seeking out its literal, moral and allegorical senses. Alexandrian theologians taught that, although the Bible was literally true, its correct interpretation lay in the moral or allegorical senses more than in the literal sense.
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analogy of being (analogia entis)
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This means that there is sufficient similarity between God and his creation (especially humans) so that observation of the creation (nature or humans) will yield a limited understanding of God’s nature. Some theologians (e.g., Karl Barth) reject completely the use of the analogy of being as a valid theological principle.
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analogy of faith (analogia fidei)
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A principle of interpretation that suggests that clearer passages of Scripture should be used to interpret more obscure or difficult passages. For Augustine the analogy of faith requires that Scripture never be interpreted in such a way that violates the church’s summary of the Christian faith (i.e. the Apostles’ Creed). For Luther, Christ is the analogy of faith, so that Scripture needs always to be interpreted as testifying to Christ. For Calvin the analogy of faith assumes that because the Spirit oversaw its writing, Scripture and the Spirit together interpret other parts of Scripture.
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annihilationism
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Belief that all the wicked will be judged by God and thrown into the lake of fire (Hell), where they will not suffer eternally a conscious existence but will cease to exist.
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