Doctrine: Terms

Question 1

Amillennial

Answer 1

the rejection of the belief that Jesus will have a literal, thousand-year-long, physical reign on the earth.

Question 2

Apocrypha

Answer 2

books written during the period between the Book of Malachi and the birth of Jesus. The Jews did not include them in the Hebrew Bible and the Protestant Reformers rejected them as not being inspired.

Question 3

Arianism

Answer 3

a third century AD heresy denying the divinity of Christ

Question 4

autographs

Answer 4

the original, handwritten manuscripts produced by the human authors of Scripture. These were probably circulated and copied so many times that they wore out. None of them are now known to exist. However, copies from close to the time they were written do exist.

Question 5

Calvinism

Answer 5

John Calvin (1509-1564) taught God’s absolute sovereignty demanded absolute predestination of those who should be saved and who should be lost

Question 6

Canon

Answer 6

the list of books accepted by the Church as Scripture inspired by the Holy Spirit

Question 7

Deism

Answer 7

a belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene and is disinterested towards the created universe

Question 8

eternal

Answer 8

lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning

Question 9

immutable

Answer 9

unchanging over time or unable to be changed

Question 10

incarnation

Answer 10

the act by which the eternal Son of God became a human being without giving up His deity

Question 11

justification

Answer 11

God’s act of declaring and accepting persons as righteous in His sight - just as if they had never sinned.

Question 12

millennial reign

Answer 12

the thousand-year reign of Christ on earth

Question 13

omnipotent

Answer 13

having unlimited power; able to do anything

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omnipresent

Answer 14

God is everywhere present and nothing is hidden from Him

Question 15

omniscient

Answer 15

knowing everything

Question 16

polytheism

Answer 16

the belief in or worship or more than one god

Question 17

postmillennial

Answer 17

refers to the teaching that the millennium is the Church Age or an extension of the Church Age, with Christ ruling but not personally present

Question 18

premillennial

Answer 18

teaches that Jesus will personally return at the end of the Church Age and will establish His kingdom on earth for a thousand years

Question 19

ransom

Answer 19

the price Jesus paid for the salvation of humankind

Question 20

reconciliation

Answer 20

the bringing of people to God in a restored fellowship

Question 21

redemption

Answer 21

refers to Christ paying the penalty for sins by His death on the cross and the shedding of His blood

Question 22

regeneration

Answer 22

the Holy Spirit’s work of giving new life to the sinner who repents and believes in Jesus

Question 23

repentance

Answer 23

from the Greek “metanoia,” “a change of mind”. That is, a change of basic attitudes toward God and Christ that involves a turning away from sin and a seeking of God’s rule and righteousness

Question 24

sabellianism

Answer 24

followers of Sabellius (3rd century AD), who taught that God is one Person who revealed Himself in 3 forms, modes, or manifestations, in succession.

Question 25

sanctification

Answer 25

the work of the Holy Spirit that separates believers from sin and evil and dedicates them to the worship and service of the Lord. There is an initial act of sanctification at conversion and a continuing process of sanctification as we cooperate with the Holy Spirit in putting to death wrong desires.

Question 26

vicarious

Answer 26

totally for the benefit of another, or as a substitute for another

Question 27

virgin birth

Answer 27

the birth of Jesus Christ brought about by God’s creative act through the Holy Spirit so that Mary became His mother without Him having a human father.