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Theological Vocab
Theological Convert
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| infallible | completely true |
| inerrant | without error |
| plenary | complete; "all of God" |
| doctrine | Important truth from the Bible |
| exegesis | "to take out", right way to study Scripture. |
| eisegesis | "to put in"; wrong way to study the Bible |
| hermeneutic | method of study of Scripture |
| translation | to change languages |
| depraved | "evil" or badness; corruption. Every person is born totally this way, meaning bad in all of them |
| iniquity | another word for sin/doing bad things |
| wrath | anger |
| deity | "being God" |
| atonement | to cover (sins) |
| redeem | to purchase |
| justification | to declare innocent or not guilty |
| propitiation | to turn away anger |
| expiation | to make clean |
| regeneration | to give life |
| soteriology | study of salvation |
| mediator | one who makes peace between two parties |
| person | a thinking individual |
| sovereignty | complete control |
| Trinity | Three persons, one divine essence. 1 God, three persons |
| aseity | self-existent |
| immutability | God does not change |
| impeccability | God cannot sin |
| heresy | false teaching |
| foreknowledge | to know before |
| predestine | to arrange events beforehand |
| incorporeal | spirit, not physical |
| pneumatology | study of the Holy Spirit |
| veracity | truth |
| transcendent | above and beyond |
| incomprehensibility | not able to be fully known |
| dogma | biblical teaching |
| election | "choosing"; God chose His people before earth was made |
| foreordained | to declare before |
| incarnation | embodied in flesh |
| perseverance | to persist. Perseverance of the saints means that believers will remain faithful until the end |
| immanece | God is "right there". |