Exam 2 Flashcards
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varied interpretations of sin
Animal nature Anxiety over finiteness Existential estrangement Economic struggle Ignorance A fabricated concern
sin as an animal nature
sin is traced to the natural impulses of humans that survive from an earlier stage. usually acts of self-preservation
sin as the expression of human’s anxiety of finiteness
temptation is the desire to go beyond that which is proper and possible. humans are caught in the paradoxical situation of freedom and finitude
sin as existential estrangement
human race is not at one point unfallen and at another point fallen, each moment people are estranged by their own choices.
sin as economic struggle
sin is not defined as primarily religious impurity, but as social, political and economic oppression.
what is the denial of the humanity of the neighbor through unjust political and economic arrangements?
sin as economic struggle
what is the state of not being what one essentially is and ought to be?
sin as existential estrangement
sin as a result of ignorance/naivete
ignorance of the complexity of the world. as one is more fully educated they realize the acceptable nature of various forms of being
denial of the idea of sin
teaching of sin can be psychologically unhealthy. some psychological studies have concluded that humans are not sinful. understanding oneself as sinful is something learned
is the fall historical?
Bible appears to affirm a historical Adam and Eve (Genesis 2)
the work of who specially understood as an overcoming the sin committed through Adam (Romans 5)?
Jesus
angels
created by God
some rebelled against God
Satan was leader of rebellion, pride was his sin
where is the origin of sin in the Bible?
not found i humanity, but in the world of the spirits
who did the fall influence?
Adam Eve Everyone
What is original sin?
Original sin is the sinful state and condition in which every human being is born; actual sin, however, is the sins of act, word or thought that human beings commit
Pelagius
5 C. british monk.
believed that humans could perfectly obey God’s law if we would choose to (free will)
who believed the idea of an inherited sin nature encouraged sinfulness?
Pelagius
Who said Adam was merely a bad example that others keep following?
Pelagius
James Arminius
Dutch theologian from Protestant Reformation
who said Adam as our father gave to us a corrupted nature?
James Arminius
Augustine
Bishop of Hippo.
Who believed that since we inherited a portion of this nature in this way we participated in Adam’s original sin?
Augustine
John Calvin
reformer in Protestant Reformation
who believed that Adam sinned as our representative- “federal headship”?
John Calvin
