Biblical Terms Flashcards
- What does ontological mean?
- Relating to the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being. “ontological arguments”
- What does ontological mean?
- Showing the relations between the concepts and categories in a subject area or domain.
“an ontological database”
- What does antithetical mean?
- directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible. “people whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine”
- What does antithetical mean?
- connected with, containing, or using the rhetorical device of antithesis.
What does eschatology mean?
the part of theology concerned with death, judgement, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind. “Christian hope is concerned with eschatology, or the science of last things”
Eschatology is __________
a noun
Ontological is __________
an adjective
Antithetical is __________
an adjective
An apologist is __________
a person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial.
“critics said he was an apologist for colonialism”
The word apologist is __________
a noun
What does anthropomorphic mean?
relating to or characterized by anthropomorphism. “explanations of animal behaviour in anthropomorphic terms”
Anthropomorphic also mean
having human characteristics. “anthropomorphic bears and monkeys”
The word anthropomorphic is __________
a noun.
What does parabolic mean?
of or like a parabola or part of one.
“a parabolic mirror behind a spotlight projects a parallel beam”
Parabolic also mean __________
of or expressed in parables.
“parabolic teaching”
The word parabolic is ___________
an adjective
What does Pseudepigrapha
are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed author is not the true author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past.
The deuterocanonical books (from the Greek meaning “_________ __ ___ ______ _____”) are books and passages considered by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Assyrian Church of the East to be canonical books of the Old Testament, but that Protestant denominations do not regard as part of the biblical canon. They date from 300 BC–AD 100, mostly from 200 BC–AD 70, before the definite separation of the Christian church from Judaism.[1][2][3] While the New Testament never directly quotes from or names these books, the apostles most frequently used and quoted the Septuagint, which includes them.
belonging to the second canon |
The word canonical mean ________
according to or ordered by canon law.
“the canonical rites of the Roman Church”
The word canonical also mean ________
included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine.
“the canonical Gospels of the New Testament”
Canon law is ________
Christian law” and “Ecclesiastical law” redirect here. For other types of religious law in Christianity, see Religious law § Christianity.
For the canon law of the Catholic Church, see Canon law of the Catholic Church.
Canon law (from Ancient Greek: κανών, _____, a ‘straight _________ ___ _____’) is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (Church leadership), for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law, or operational policy, governing the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches), the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the individual national churches within the Anglican Communion.[1] The way that such church law is legislated, interpreted and at times adjudicated varies widely among these four bodies of churches. In all three traditions, a canon was originally[2] a rule adopted by a church council; these canons formed the foundation of canon law.
kanon | measuring rod, ruler |
What is the meaning of nicolaitans in the Bible?
Definition of Nicolaitan
1 : one of a group reproved in Revelation 2:6, 14–15 and generally associated with those who were rebuked for eating things offered to idols and for fornication. 2 : one of a group of 3d century antinomian Gnostics.
What is the meaning of nicolaitans in the Bible?
Definition of Nicolaitan
1 : one of a group reproved in Revelation 2:6, 14–15 and generally associated with those who were rebuked for eating things offered to idols and for fornication. 2 : one of a group of 3d century antinomian Gnostics.
The doctrine of the Nicolaitans appears to have been a form of antinomianism, which makes the fatal mistake that man can freely partake in sin because the Law of God is no longer binding.
The doctrine of the Nicolaitans appears to have been a form of antinomianism, which makes the fatal mistake that man can freely partake in sin because the Law of God is no longer binding.
https: //www.theopedia.com/nicolaitans
https: //www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.ii.xxvii.html
https: //www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.iv.xii.html
Today, the doctrine is now largely taught that the gospel of Christ has made God’s law of no effect: that by “believing” we are released from the necessity of being doers of the Word. But this is the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which Christ so unsparingly condemned in the book of Revelation.
Today, the doctrine is now largely taught that the gospel of Christ has made God’s law of no effect: that by “believing” we are released from the necessity of being doers of the Word. But this is the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which Christ so unsparingly condemned in the book of Revelation.
https: //www.theopedia.com/nicolaitans
https: //www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.ii.xxvii.html
https: //www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.iv.xii.html
Maxim Meaning
a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
“the maxim that actions speak louder than words”
Maxim Meaning
a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
“the maxim that actions speak louder than words”
