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53 Cards in this Set
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theology
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faith seeking understanding
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atheism
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believe that there isn't a God
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agnosticism
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don't know if there is a God
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theism
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believe there is a God
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Beatific Vision
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the notion that God will fully reveal Himself to us in Heaven
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anthropomorphized
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God made into human form
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transcendant
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mysterious
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immanent
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near
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analogy
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taking things from our experience and comparing God to them in order to better understand Him
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monotheism
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belief that there is only one God
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"Abba"
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Aramaic word for 'father'
Jesus' name for God |
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hypostatic union
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Jesus as human, and Jesus as divine.
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"Ruah"/"Spiritus"
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Spirit of God
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Paraclete
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Holy Spirit
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revelation
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God unveiling Himself to us
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Deus Absconditus
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God is hidden/mysterious
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Deus Revelans
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God is revealed
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universal revelation
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God revealing Himself to all people in all places at all times
Ex: creation, human existence, our experience of others |
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special revelation
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God reveals Himself to specific people over a specific period of time, in a specific place, and in specific historical events.
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foundational special revelation
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the precise historical events by which we are saved
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dependant special revelation
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post-apostolic church
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"Yahweh-El"
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name Israelites used to refer to God; Yahweh=immanent Savior, El= transcendant creator
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scripture
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a written record of the events of revelation in faith in the foundational period.
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Our link with scripture is on what level?
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the faith level
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Scripture focuses upon whom?
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Jesus Christ
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The real word of God?
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Jesus Christ
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theory of verbal dictation
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divine taking control of the author and telling him exactly what to write; more focus on the divine.
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theory of negative assistance
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Holy Spirit made sure nothing negative was recorded; too much emphasis on human
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post-factum theory of inspiration
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initially human compositions later regarded as inspired; does not account for inspiration that occurred before the text was composed.
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How are scriptures true?
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As regards salvation
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Bible
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collection of books, divinely inspired, written by different human authors (cultural context)
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Apocrypha
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of doubtful athority
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"Q" Source
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document containing teachings of Jesus
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progress of texts in the New Testament
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Letters of Paul, Mark, "Q" Source, Matthew, Luke, John
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Paschal Mystery
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the passion, death, resurrection, and glorification (ascension) of Jesus
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Perichoretic Identity
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the union between us and the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
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Universal/Inner Grace
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an inner drive deposited by God allowing us to move towards God; like planting a seed
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Specific/Exterior Grace
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results in making a personal act of faith
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Faith
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a state of being ultimately concerned
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Primordial Faith
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belief in some type of ultimate meaning of life; general faith; faith w/o God
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Reilgious Faith
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faith in a named higher power
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Object of Faith
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faith born of love, not reflection; object of religious faith is a person (specifically named higher power)
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Orthodoxy
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right teaching
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Orthopraxis
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right living
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Ascending Christology
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begins by discussing the humanity of Jesus and moves to the divinity of Jesus
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Descending Christology
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beings by discussing the divinity of Jesus then moves to his humanity.
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Canon
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from the Greek word 'canon' meaning 'measuring stick, list or rule'
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Canonical
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refers to those books of the bible accepted by the chuch as genuine and authoritative revelation from God and forming the rule of faith.
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Septuagint
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the Greek version of the Hebrew scriptures
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Pentateuch
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the first 5 books of the Old Testament
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testament
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agreement; covenant
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Primary/Ordinary Experience
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sensory experience; involves subject encountering the everyday world
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Secondary/Extraordinary Experience
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meaningful experience; has finality, direction and orientation
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