Exam 1 Flashcards

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1
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Define Epistemology

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How we acquire knowledge

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How is God revealed to us?

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Self-revealed

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What defines what we can say about God, as Christians?

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Scripture

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In our approach to understanding God what is the best starting point.?

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God is God and I am not

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Because humanity is “fallen”, where must revelation start?

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From above

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What must a Christian say about the Old Testament

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It lays out the true revelation of God

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What does the New Testament revelation build on ?

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built on the OT

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According to Hendrikus Berkoff’s a better hermeneutical approach to
God’s revelation in Scripture is which of the following?

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Let OT speak to NT and let that inform later philosophy

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What is biblically appropriate in speaking of God?

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We must say what Scripture says

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10
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What is the belief in one God called?

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Monotheism

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What is an atheist?

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Denies the existence of God

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What is an agnostic?

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Asserts the existence of God is unknown and probably unknowable

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What is a pantheist?

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Equates God with nature or the forces of the universe

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What is a polytheist?

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One who believes in more than one God

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What makes up the belief of Ditheism?

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Belief in 2 gods

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What is Tritheism?

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Belief in 3 gods

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Which of these religions are monotheistic?

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Judaism, Islam, and Christianity

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18
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What constitutes trinitarianism?

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Three distinct persons in the Godhead

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What are the two extreme tendencies in trinitarian thought?

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Emphasizes the unity of God

Emphasizes the 3ness

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What makes binitarianism unique?

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It does not classify the Holy Ghost as a separate person but asserts belief in 2 persons in the Godhead

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Many monotheists have pointed out that both trinitarianism and binitarianism ultimately do what?

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Are a stumbling block to Muslims and Jews

They weaken the strict monotheism taught by the Bible

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Which of the following represents strict monotheism?

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One asserts there’s only one God, but does so by denying the full deity of Jesus Christ

Second class of true monotheists believes in 1 God, but further believe the fullness of the Godhead is manifested in Jesus Christ.

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Who represents strict monotheism and yet rejects the full divinity of Christ?

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Christendom

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Which of the following represents the second class of true monotheists?

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Believe in 1 God, but further believe the fullness of the godhead is manifested in Jesus Christ.

Believe the Father, Son, and Spirit are manifestations, modes, offices, or relationships the one God has displayed to man.

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What is the term Church historians have used for this second class of strict monotheists?
Church historians used the term modalism and modalistic monarchianism
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Who are some of these strict monotheists from history?
Noetus, Praxeas, and Sabellius
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What term in the twentieth century is used by those who believe in both the indivisible oneness of God and the full deity of Jesus Christ to describe themselves?
Oneness
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What has been, and still is, a major stumbling block for Jewish people in terms of accepting Christianity?
The trinity
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What does the OT reveal about God’s nature?
That there is ONE God
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Is there a place for a trinity in the OT?
No
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A uni-plural noun means one or more than one.
True
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A uni-plural noun means “one” exclusively when used with singular verbs or modifiers.
True
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Like the English language, the plural form of a Hebrew word always signifies more than one.
False
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Overwhelmingly Elohim or “God” is used in a plural way signifying more than one, with only a small amount of times it refers to only one God.
False
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In Gen. 1:1 God (elohim) is shown to be plural because “created” is a plural modifier.
False
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Whenever Elohim refers to the one true God, it is always accompanied by singular verbs.
True
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Whenever Elohim refers to more than one false god, it is accompanied by plural verbs.
True
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If the intention of Elohim is to indicate more than one, either singular or plural verbs can be used.
False
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If the intention of Elohim is to indicate one only, singular verbs are used.
True
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When the Greek NT quotes from an OT reference where Elohim is used of the one true God, the Greek theos (God) is always singular.
True
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The Greek language does not use plurals in the same way as the Hebrew.
True
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Since both the Hebrew and the Greek are inspired, if Elohim was used to indicate God is more than one, the Greek NT would use the plural form of the noun.
Tue
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How many times does the OT refer to God being a trinity?
zero
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How many verses are there that people infer a trinity into the text?
4
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How many times does the OT say God is one?
3009
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Why does Genesis 1:26 use a plural pronoun for God?
- Either He was talking to the angels at creation (so the Jews believe) - Or it’s a majestic plural or royal “we” - Or its speaking of the future son in prophetic foreknowledge
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What must Gen. 1:26 be reconciled with?
Singular in 1:27 and 2:27
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Which of the following shows why the plural in Genesis 1:26 cannot refer to the Eternal Son?
When was the Son born? 4000 years later in Bethlehem
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Which of these shows why some believe Gen. 1:26 to refer to angels?
-God talks to angels and requested their opinions in formulating His plans before - We know the angels were present during man’s creation
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Which reason shows why some believe God was counseling with His own will in Gen. 1:26?
Ephesians 1:11
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Which shows support for Gen. 1:26 speaking of Plural Majesty or emphasis like Elohim?
-Plural noun Elohim in Genesis 1 -Daniel told the King “We will tell the interpretation thereof before the king” even though Daniel alone gave the interpretation - King A alternated referred to himself in the singular and plural.
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Which of the following is support for Gen. 1:26 referring to God speaking of the future Son in prophetic foreknowledge?
Calls things that are not as though they were
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How did God make the worlds by the Son?
He had the Son in view
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What is a theophany?
Manifestation of God
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Can God manifest Himself to different people in different places at the same time?
Yes
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Does it take a concept of more than one God to explain any of the theophanies?
No
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Do the 3 men in Genesis 18:1 prove a trinity?
No
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What does Gen 19:1 show that two of the 3 men are?
Angels
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Does the fact that the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven demonstrate there is a trinity?
No
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What does even the NIV admit in Genesis 19:24?
Repeats the same idea in two ways
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What does Gen. 19:24 show?
The Lord doing the same thing at one place
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Who is the Angel of the LORD?
A manifestation of Yahweh Himself
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Do some argue that God is never “the Angel of the LORD”?
Yes
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Are there passages which describe the angel of the LORD as a separate being from the LORD?
Yes
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If so what would these passages refer to? (See question 17.)
An agent or an angel
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Do some Oneness people believe there are passages that show a visitation of the angel of the LORD is really a manifestation of Yahweh Himself?
Yes
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Can the angel of the LORD refer to God performing the acts by delegating them to an angel to do?
Yes
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Can Oneness people believe some of the angel of the LORD manifestations are possibly God in some passages, but only an angel in passages that clearly describe two beings?
Yes
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What are the Hebrew and Greek words for angel?
A messenger
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How do we reconcile the angel of the Lord appearing to David separate from God?
- Spoke through the Angel | - Both the Angel and God was there
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Can these passages show more than one LORD?
No
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In Zech. 1:7-17 an angel then began to talk to Zechariah and David calls him “lord”; does this prove 2 gods?
No
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Zechariah called the angel lord which means what?
Master or ruler
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Is lord a term reserved for God alone like Lord and LORD?
No
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Can one properly address even a man by the title lord (Gen. 24:18)?
Yes
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What other explanations can be offered regarding the angel of the LORD in Zechariah?
Agency
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Do we need to accept two persons of God to explain the "angel of the LORD" passages?
No
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Did the Jews have a problem in reconciling the angel of the LORD with their belief in absolute monotheism?
No