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65 Cards in this Set
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Theology |
The study of things of God, a God who loves the world, is a discipline for all Christians. |
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Wesleyan quadrilateral |
Scripture, reason, tradition and experience. |
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General revelation |
God's self disclosure in creation and the human conscience. |
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Special revelation |
God's specific self revelation in the history of Israel, jesus christ and scripture. |
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Enlightenment view of GR and SR |
If anything shall be thought revelation, which is contrary to the plain principles of reason, there reason must be hearkened to. |
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Barthian view of GR/SR |
JC, as he attested to us in holy scripture, is the one word of God whome we have to hear and whom we have to trust in life and in death. |
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The most view of GR/SR |
We have a more perfect knowledge of God by Grace [SR] than by natural reason [GR]. |
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Reformed view of GR/SR |
Scripture, gathering up otherwise confused knowledge of God in our minds, having dispersed our dullness, clearly shows us the truth of God. |
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Inspiration |
The spirits work as author of the scriptures, a work the spirit did in and with the human authors of biblical texts. |
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Illumination |
Signifies the ways that the spirit continues to work in and with God's people, as readers of scripture, to help us understand and be faithful to what we read there. |
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Superintendence |
The spirit acts as a guide when it comes to revelation. |
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Lex credendi |
The law of belief |
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Lex orandi |
The law of prayer |
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Lex vivebdi |
The law of life. |
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Divine transcendence |
God is above us, different and not human, distant. |
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Eternity |
Without end or un ending, God is, was and always will be. |
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Immutiibility |
God's goodness is perfect. God is perfect kindness, and perfect Justice. It is a corollary of this divine perfection. |
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Impassibility |
God cannot be made to suffer. |
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Omnipresence |
God is present in all places, God is everywhere. |
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Omnipitence |
God is all powerful. Calvinists: God exercises all power. Armenian: all power comes from God. |
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Omniscient |
God is all knowing. This includes all things past, present and future. |
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Hypostasis |
The three persons of the trinity or Gods personhood in the trinity. |
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Homoousios |
Jesus and the HS are of the same bing with the Father. J/HS are of the same divine dignity of the Father so they should be worshipped and glorified as such. |
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Tritheism |
The belief that there are 3 Gods, Father, Son, HS separate from one another but work together. |
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Modalism |
Belief that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three modes in which God was manifested. As if they were masks. |
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Arianism |
Belief that jesus is the first highest creature of the Father, meaning jesus is not fully divine. |
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Divine Incomprehensibility |
God is not human and is infinite. We are finite creatures so we cannot comprehend God or truly understand him. |
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Anthropomorphism |
The tendency to tie human traits to God even though we know he is not human. As humans it is only natural for us to do this otherwise we cant explain God very well. |
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Creation out of nothing |
God is almighty, can create out of nothing, God is eternal if something existed always it would be divine. There is only one God so therefore creation must have a definite starting point. |
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Gnosticism |
Variety of groups in the ancient world that claimed to have access to. Special form of gnosis or secret knowledge that would open the doors of salvation. |
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Divine nessecity |
We need God, and God cannot not exist. Because God is the necessary that starts everything. |
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Creaturley contingency |
Creatures are not necessary, God does not need us but he created us therefore matter is good. |
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Divine immanence |
God is close to us and intimate with us. |
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Preservation |
God's work and will upholding all creation. |
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Accompaniment |
God is with us, he has not left us alone or abandoned us. |
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Governance |
God above us, governs all things. |
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Preservation |
God below us, upholds us and keeps us afloat. |
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Compatibalism |
Belief that freedom of human will is compatible with the all determining power of God. |
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Functional view of the image of God. |
The image of God is to be understood as our God given authority in having dominion over all the earth. Humans reflect God's dominion over all creation. |
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Relational view of the imago Dei |
Because God exists in the eternal loving community of F/S/HS, the essence of the image of God is the ability to enter into relationships with God and other people. |
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Substantial view of the image of God |
The view that the soul is the image of God in humans, the capacity to reason, feel, love, choose, and live forever. |
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Meaning of messiah |
Munus Triplex, or prophet, priest and king. |
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Son of God |
Especially in Israel, they were kings, Israel and heavenly beings or Angel's. |
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Munus triplex (threefold office) |
Jesus was a: Prophet: words and healing. King: message, son of David, Shepard of Israel. Priest: forgiveness of sins and the presence of God. |
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Docetism |
Jesus only appeared to be human and to suffer. |
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Apollinarianism |
Jesus is without a human mind. Essentially this views Jesus's body as an instrument of God's activity. |
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Nestorianism |
Jesus was not born God but rather God was joined to Jesus after his birth. |
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Eutychianism |
Jesus was a mutant. Jesus was neither divine nor human but some third thing. |
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Black Christ |
According to Cone: Jesus is Black because he represents all forms of oppression, he took on oppressed flesh, and especially in American culture because blacks have and are oppressed. |
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Justification |
To be declared righteous. We become righteous when we place our trust in Jesus. |
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Sanctification |
The process of growing into a holier lifestyle. |
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Penal substitution |
Christ frees humans from the penalty of sin by accepting punishment for sin in their place. |
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Moral influence |
Jesus life is the moral influence we should follow. Christ enkindles us and teaches us God's love. |
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Christus victor |
Christ is victorious over sin and evil. Catastrophe for the dominion of evil and liberation of fettered mankind. |
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Unity of the church |
In the Father and Son, and by the spirit. The church is United spiritually, bodily. |
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Holiness of the church |
The church is holy due to its election, presence of the spirit and moral life in accordance with these two things. |
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Catholicity of the church |
Church exists everywhere by the spirit and is gathered everywhere by the spirit. |
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Apostolicity of the church. |
The church is sent out and is a succession from the apostles. |
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Egalitarianism |
The belief that women can serve in any and all positions of the church. Not limited to only certain positions. |
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Complementarianism. |
The belief that women have specific roles in the church that compliment the Male positions. However a woman cannot serve in leadership roles of a church. Those positions are reserved for men. |
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Heaven |
Reverent way of referring to God without using God's name. Space of divine presence outside the material. Where we go to await the resurrection. |
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Resurrected bodies. |
Bodies that are powered by the human spirit and cannot die. |
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LALAD |
The new heavens and new earth or eternal torment/annihilation. The existence after the life after death. So life after the intermediate state. |
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Interim state |
The place we go to be with the Lord after death where we await the resurrection. |
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Universalism |
The belief that everyone will be saved. |
