Chapter 2.5 Flashcards
What is belief in more than one “god”?
polytheism
What is absolute rule?
sovereignty
What means that God is one in His essential being, but He exists in three Persons?
Trinity
Is each Person of the Godhead fully God?
yes
Where in the Bible is the Trinity quietly declared?
Old Testament
Name three broad areas in the Old Testament where the Trinity is quietly declared.
(1) The plural name for God
(2) In the plural forms of the personal pronouns for Gpd
(3) In the Theophanies
(4) In the threefold of the Aaronic blessing
(5) In the “thrice hold” of Isaiah 6:3
What is the plural name for God in the Old Testament?
Elohim
What is the visible appearances of God which is usually in human form?
Theophanies
Where in the Bible is the Trinity openly declared?
New Testament
Name 3 areas in the New Testament where the Trinity is declared.
(1) At Christ’s baptism
(2) In the baptismal formula
(3) In the apostolic benediction
(4) In the teachings of Jesus
(5) In the fact that all three are called “God”
How was the Trinity evident at Christ’s baptism?
The Father spoke, the Son was baptized, and the Holy Spirit descended like a dove
Is God material?
no; He is a Spirit
What ascribes to God’s human features to help us as simple human beings?
anthropomorphisms
Is God a Spirit and a Person?
yes
What are visible appearances of God, usually is his human form?
theophanies
What word is the best way to describe the divine nature of God and that God is not material?
Spirit
What name of God in the Old Testament means “the Self-Existent One” and is the covenant name of God?
Jehovah
What name of God in the Old Testament means “My Lord; My Master?
Adonai
What name of God in the Old Testament means “the Strong One”; “the One to be Feared”?
Elohim
What name of God in the Old Testament means “the All-Sufficient One”?
El Shaddai
What name of God in the Old Testament means “the Most High God”?
El Elyon
What name of God is the New Testament version of “Elohim”?
Theos
What name of God is the New Testament version of “Adonai”?
Kurios
What name of God is the New Testament has no Old Testament equivalent but means “Father”?
Pater
What name of God means “God with us”?
Immanuel
What is the act of God whereby He brought all things into existence?
Creation
What type of creation is creation without the use of preexisting materials?
immediate creation
Was the Trinity present at Creation?
yes
How can we tell that the Trinity was present at Creation?
Elohim is used
What is the Latin phrase that is used to signify this immediate creation “out of nothing”?
ex nihilo