Christian Teaching About Election Flashcards
To believe in ? is to believe that God chooses the eternal destiny of each ? ? This doctrine arises from belief that God’s ? means that nothing is unknown for God.
Election.
Human person.
Omnibenevolence.
Augustine held that only a few Christians will be saved so there’ll be only ? ?
Limited election.
John Hick held a ? belief in which all people will be saved.
Universalist.
No one, thought Augustine, could earn ? due to ? ?
Salvation
Original Sin.
Augustine, at first, concluded that people were ? for heaven or hell because of God’s “?”.
Predestined.
Foreknowledge.
As Augustine got older, he moved towards the ? that God didn’t only know who would be ?, but chose those people.
Belief.
Saved.
“God works for the good of those who ? him” (? 8: 28-30).
Love.
Romans.
“In love, He predestined us for adoption to ? through Jesus Christ” (? 1:3-12).
Sonship.
Ephesians.
For Augustine, ? was a sign of the ? of God.
Election.
Grace.
Calvin’s ideas were that God is in ? ? over everything.
Absolute control.
Many Christians object to the ? of election on the grounds that it gives no place to human ? ?
Doctrine.
Free will.
The doctrine of ? ?, developed by Karl ?, who argued, in “Church ?”, that Jesus Christ brought ? for the whole world.
Unlimited salvation.
Barth.
Dogmatics.
Salvation.
Barth writes that Jesus is ? so that everyone can have the possibility of ? life.
Elected.
Eternal.
Hick argued that God will ? all people, whatever their beliefs.
Save.
Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope ? XVI) argued that ? view made Christ’s death on the cross seem ?
Benedict.
Hick’s.
Pointless.
