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REL 131 Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drama/Doctrine/Discipleship/Doxology | Drama = the story about God where Christ is the beginning and end (North) Doctrine = Believe the right thing Discipleship = Experience Doxology = Worship |
| Drama of Redemption | The story about God where Christ is the beginning and end The story of Christianity |
| General/special revelation | General revelation = God reveals himself in what He has made Special revelation = God reveals himself in Christ, through his people, and through scripture |
| Transcendence/immanence | Immanence = God's in all but isn't all → qualitatively different → God accommodates for us as he wants to be known Transcendence = God is much more, farther away and harder to grasp than just living within man-made temples etc. He is incomprehensible |
| Polytheism/pantheism/deism | Polytheism = multiple gods Pantheism = God is is everything/all is divine Deism = God created but is no longer involved |
| Analogy/equivocal/univocal | Analogy = Can’t abuse language of God but need to understand the distance Equivocal = One thing means something completely different → transcendent Univocal = One thing means the exact same thing in different scenarios → Immanent *Image* |
| Magisterial/ministerial (authority) | Magisterial = ruling primary - scripture Ministerial = serve primary |
| Inspiration | Scripture is inspired by God --> God breathed Illuminated to us by the Spirit |
| Verbal plenary inspiration | God is the ultimate author of scripture Verbal - In its words Plenary - in its entirety |
| Simplicity (unity) | God is pure in spirit → not made up of parts God is love God is a unified whole |
| Aseity | From Himself-ness → God comes from himself Wholly independent → not dependent on the world Not benefitted from people |
| Immutability and impassability | “Unchageability” Cannot change or suffer Revealed vs. hidden will of God |
| Incommunicable/communicable attributes | Incommunicable = Divine attributes that are not shared with humans Ex. Simplicity, Aseity, and Immutability and impassability |
| Hidden/revealed will of God | God's word reveals his promises & commands as well as his actual execution of judgements and deliverance. His plan includes everything that happens, although not revealed to us |
| Apostles’ Creed | Summary of Christian belief Pledge of allegiance I believe in Father son and HS |
| Trinity | Father Son and Holy Spirit 3 in beings 1 in essence Father - creates Son - Redeems Spirit - Restores |
| Tritheism/modalism | Tritheism = Father, Son, and Spirit are three Gods, or parts of Gods Modalism = God is 1 in himself and 3 towards us → each person is like a mode or mask worn by God |
| Economic/immanent trinity | Economic trinity = The “economy” or drama of salvation is the historical outworking Immanent trinity = God is himself |
| Creation ex nihilo | Ex nihilo = Something out of nothing Providence → God keeps the world and created it and everything was created good |
| Common grace/saving grace | Common grace = Grace to all people → we have grace by simply being alive Saving grace = Grace given in the gospel → born again - regarded by the Holy Spirit |
| Concursus | Going together → Hyper-supernaturalism and naturalism operate together |
| Dualism | Mind or soul are the divine part of us, struggling towards liberation from bodily imprisonment Soul is real self Soul is higher, body is lower |
| Trichotomy | 3 components to humanity: body, soul, and spirit |
| Imago dei | Image of God |
| Original sin | A lost capacity, a damaged relationship, a distorted function, a violated covenant that we cannot retrieve, repair, set straight, or restore *Image* |
| Pelagianism | Denies original sin The idea that humans can achieve salvation through their own efforts |
| Natural/moral ability | Natural ability = as humans we all have the ability to choose to sin like Adam did Moral ability = because of the fall, humans sinful by nature |
| Total depravity | Sin has affected all parts of us → mind, body, and spirit |