7. Theocracy Flashcards
Ascribing
To give credit or honor to the source
Caliph
A supreme leader of the Islamic community and successor of the Prophet Muhammad
Commonwealth
A republic; a nation governed by the people
Josephus
Jewish historian who lived shortly after Jesus walked the earth
Muhammad
Founder of Islam whose prophetic teachings became the basis of Islamic civilization
Sharia
The religious and moral principles of Islam
Submissive
To surrender to the authority of another
Theocracy
A government ruled by religious authority
A theocracy is?
A nation on under the rule of God
In a theocracy, the laws are seen as?
Divine commands
Democracy
Could be seen as a society for under the rule of man
____ is recognized as the head
God
The laws of the commonwealth are?
The commandments of God
The power of the church is greater than that if the?
State
There are no ____ votes or ____
Popular, referendums
Israel
There were no polls or public opinion surveys in order to sway God’s thinking
God’s dictates were the complete laws of the land
As we read in Exodus?
Moses was blessed- and punished- by God based on his obedience or disobedience
Josephus
Historian who wrote about theocracy for the first time
Judges 8:23
Gideon refuses to accept kingship offered by the people after his victory over the Midianites
1 Samuel 12
Tells of prophet Samuel’s displeasure over the nation’s desire for a monarchy
Jim Jones in Guyana in late 1970s
Led hundreds of people into mass suicide
Constantine of the Byzantine Empire
Required everyone to be “Christians”, regardless of whether they gave their hearts and lives over to Jesus
A theocracy does not necessarily mean a nation that?
Follows the God of the Bible
Under Muhammad, the Islamic state was?
A theocracy with the Sharia as the law of the land
When Muhammad died in A.D. 632?
A group of Islamic leaders elected Abu Bakr, the prophet’s father-in-law, to be the leader
______ became the second caliph in 634 and Islam expanded into?
Umar I, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and northern Mesopotamia
This theocracy was not?
Biblical, nor did its followers follow the teachings of the Jehovah God
