Anthropology Terms Flashcards
Latin, “Created out of nothing”
Creatio ex nihilo
Something created without pre-existing materials
Immediate creation
Something created with pre-existing materials
Mediate creation
Image = a shadow; outline (of God)
Image of God
Resemblance (to God)
Likeness
“Deathlessness” (to live forever); mankind’s condition apart from sin.
Immortality
Theory that man is a two-part being (body/soul, material/immaterial)
Dichotomy
Theory that man is a three-part being (body, soul, spirit)
Trichotomy
God’s right of ownership over His creation
Sovereignty
The ability to make actual, original decisions (free will, not just appearance of free will).
Free moral agency
False view that God creates soul/spirit and places into developing body
Creation theory
False view that God created all souls that would exist and placed them into Adam to be passed down to each generation.
Pre-existence theory
Similar to reincarnation?
View that soul/spirit is formed through procreation by the parents (best supported by Scripture)
Traducian theory
