Creation as Trust Flashcards
Self Test Q1.
The word in Genesis describing God’s purpose for creation is
A. goodness
B. mystery
C. perfection
D. sabbath
Self Test Q1.
The word in Genesis describing God’s purpose for creation is
A. goodness
Self Test Q2a.
Match the aspect of the doctrine of creation with the biblical verse that most closely informs it.
“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox” (Isaiah 65).
A. creatio nova
B. creatio mediata
C. creatio ex nihilo
D. creatio continua
Self Test Q2a.
Match the aspect of the doctrine of creation with the biblical verse that most closely informs it.
“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox” (Isaiah 65).
A. creatio nova
Self Test Q2b.
Match the aspect of the doctrine of creation with the biblical verse that most closely informs it.
“How many are the things you have made, and you have made them all with wisdom” (Psalm 104).
A. creatio nova
B. creatio mediata
C. creatio ex nihilo
D. creatio continua
Self Test Q2b.
Match the aspect of the doctrine of creation with the biblical verse that most closely informs it.
“How many are the things you have made, and you have made them all with wisdom” (Psalm 104).
A. creatio mediata
Self Test Q2c.
Match the aspect of the doctrine of creation with the biblical verse that most closely informs it.
“The universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible” (Hebrews 11).
A. creatio mediata
B. creatio nova
C. creatio continua
D. creatio exnihilo
Self Test Q2c.
Match the aspect of the doctrine of creation with the biblical verse that most closely informs it.
“The universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible” (Hebrews 11).
D. creatio ex nihilo
Self Test Q2c.
Match the aspect of the doctrine of creation with the biblical verse that most closely informs it.
“When you send forth your breath, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth” (Psalm 104).
A. creatio mediata
B. creatio nova
C. creatio continua
D. creatio ex nihilo
Self Test Q2c.
Match the aspect of the doctrine of creation with the biblical verse that most closely informs it.
“When you send forth your breath, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth” (Psalm 104).
C. creatio continua
Self Test Q3.
In one well chosen sentence, describe fatalism and how it violates Israel’s and the church’s understanding of creation’s relationship with God.
Self Test Q3.
In one well chosen sentence, describe fatalism and how it violates Israel’s and the church’s understanding of creation’s relationship with God.
Your Answer: (not graded)
Fatalism suggests that beings are manipulated and without freedom. Israel’s & the church’s understanding of creation’s relationship with God is that God is with creation, that he created humans especially in his image with free will and that God is interacting with and intervening for creation rather than pulling the strings like a puppet master.
Self Test Q4.
The distinction between ‘Deism’ and ‘Ciceronian/Renaissance natural law’ is subtle but important. See if you can contrast them in a phrase or sentence.
Self Test Q4.
The distinction between ‘Deism’ and ‘Ciceronian/Renaissance natural law’ is subtle but important. See if you can contrast them in a phrase or sentence.
Your Answer: (not graded)
Deism sees God as creating everything and then taking a step back and being uninvolved, but ciceronian/renaissance natural law claims that all God could be responsible for is the broad laws and principles of physics and the natural world.
Self Test Q5.
The lecture’s treatment of these relationships keep describing Israel’s understanding of them, then only at the end shifts to a specifically and exclusively Christian understanding of new creation. Does that mean that the gospel adds nothing to those earlier relationships Work described?
Self Test Q5.
The lecture’s treatment of these relationships keep describing Israel’s understanding of them, then only at the end shifts to a specifically and exclusively Christian understanding of new creation. Does that mean that the gospel adds nothing to those earlier relationships Work described?
Your Answer: (not graded)
No, the gospel builds upon and gives a deeper meaning to these relationships of Creator to Creation by deepening the understanding of the Creator and his relationship to creation we can see the significance of his incarnation and sacrifice for our salvation through Christ.
Self Test Q6.
Which terms play important or key roles in this lecture? First answer from memory, then consult your notes to add others. You are reviewing for the test! Put any terms that you still do not understand in all caps. Think of reviewing these for the test, understanding not only their meaning but their significance to the whole topic of creation.
Self Test Q6.
Which terms play important or key roles in this lecture? First answer from memory, then consult your notes to add others. You are reviewing for the test! Put any terms that you still do not understand in all caps. Think of reviewing these for the test, understanding not only their meaning but their significance to the whole topic of creation.
Your Answer:
- Gnosticism
- Renaissance/Ciceronian naturel law
- creatio prima
- creatio immediata
- creatio ex nihilo
- creatio segunda/mediata
- creatio continuata
- creatio nova
Define creatio ex nihilo
creatio ex nihilo : creation out of nothing (not even space or time)
Define creatio prima/immediata
creatio prima/immediata: unmediated creation
