Exam 4 Flashcards
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various conceptions of the church
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roman catholic
protestant
orthodox
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ekklesia (greek)
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mos basic word for church
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what are the people of God?
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the church
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what is the Body of Christ-the church as the focus of God’s activity just as his physical body was during his earthly ministry?
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the church
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what should be in the body of Christ?
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Interconnectedness Dependence Mutuality Genuine fellowship Unified Universal An extension of Jesus’ ministry Under His headship
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what is the temple of the holy spirit- the empowerment of the church comes from the Holy Spirit?
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the church
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what is the kingdom of God?
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is God’s rule over His creation
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when did the church begin?
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Israel was included with the church (one church)
the church did not begin until Pentecost (two people of God)
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the church is:
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Doxological Logocentric Pneumadynamic Covenantal Confessional Missional Spatio-Temporal/Eschatological
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the church should be doxological
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- a church should be oriented to the glory of God
2. a church should be aware that it can be susceptible to idolatry
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the church is logocentric
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- a church should be focused on God’s Word
a. Jesus as the Word of God
b. scripture as the Word of God
1. the sufficiency of scripture
2. the awareness of false doctrine
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the church is penumadynamic
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- the church is created, gathered, gifted, and empowered by the Holy Spirit
- the work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian’s salvation
- the work of the Holy spirit in the building up of the church
- the work of the Holy
spirit and God’s Word
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the church is covenental
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- the way one enters the new covenant is through conversion to JC attested to by baptism by immersion and not by means of family or church association
- the church should covenant together to gather in a new covenant relationship with God and one another
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church is confessional
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- a christian must give a personal confession of faith in the saving Lordship of JC
- a church should share a common, corporate confession of the Christian faith
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the church is missional
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- is expansive
- contextually sensitive
- desires to be universal
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spatio-temproal/eschatological
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- church consists in a certain space
2. is to reveal inaugurate descatology
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what are the offices of the church?
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apostle
pastor/elder/overseer
deacon
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what is an apostle?
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means “sent one”
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less restrictive group that merely denotes one sent on a special assignemnt
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apostle
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apostle
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more restrictive way of an authoritative, foundational group that no longer existed after that initial first generation
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what is an elder
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texts such as Acts 20:17-28 reveal that there is no clear NT distinction between bishop, pastor, elder, overseer
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NT church structure
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Jesus
elders
deacons
congregation
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what did Millard Erickson believe about church functions?
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Evangelism
Edification
worship
social concern
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Stanley Grenz threefold mandate
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worship
edification
outreach
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John Newport considers the purposes as the church as
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Worship
Service
Fellowship
Discipline
Organization
Edification
Education
Proclamation
Testimony
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Rick warren believes that the church's purposes are
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Worship
Ministry
Evangelism
Fellowship
Discipleship
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regulative principle
worship should only include those elements that Scripture explicitly or implicitly endorses
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normative principle
whatever is not prohibited is permissible in worhsip
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ministry of service
1. caring for one another
| 2. caring for the poor, the widow, the alien, the orphan
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ministry of evangelism
1. need for understanding the basic Gospel message
2. the need to communicate the basic Gospel message to the lost
3. the struggle of evangelism may lie in the weakness of other ministries of the church
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baptism in Judaism
a Jew who wanted to follow the Jewish religion had to undergo a proselyte baptism
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baptism of John the Baptist
a baptism of Messianic anticipation
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baptism in the NT
the early church took seriously the command to baptize
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didache
baptism was the initial rite of the christian rleigion
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why was baptism delayed by the 3 and 4 centuries?
the church experienced a large influx of people, so delayed to make sure one's faith was genuine
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tertullain
objected to the early practice of baptizing infants
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origen
attempted to trace the practice of baptizing infants to the apostles
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Augustine
argued for the baptism of infants as a means of removing original sin
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who supported the centuries old practice of infant baptism?
Martin Luther and John Calvin
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who abandoned the Catholic Church practice of infant baptism?
anabaptists
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who believed that only those who could consciously repent of their sins and believe in salvation could be baptized?
anabaptists
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what is the means by which God imparts saving grace;it results in the remission of sin?
baptism
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what theology says unbaptized infants who die cannot enter into heaven?
roman catholic
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which theology says they reconcile their belief in justification and infant baptism by stating that infants possess unconscious faith?
lutheran
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what is an act of faith by which a person is brought into the covenant and hence experiences its benefit?
baptism
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what is the sign of covenant in the OT?
circumcision
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what is sign of covenant in the NT?
baptism
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token of salvation view is held by?
baptist
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the view of token of salvation of baptism?
outward symbol of the inward change that has been effected in the believer
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What is a testimony that one has been united with Christ in his death and resurrection?
baptism
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what is the predominant meaning of the Greek term for baptism mean?
to dip or plunge
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which verse symbolizes death to sin and new life found in Christ?
Romans 6:3-5
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what seems to be the most adequate mode of baptize in that if most fully preserves and accomplishes the meaning of baptism?
immersion
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what has a necessity of repetition
the Lord's supper, ceremonial meal that need to be repeated
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what is a form of proclamation?
the lord's supper, proclaims the reality of Jesus' death
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spiritual benefit of the partaker of Lord's supper
it is seen as a means of grace on one end of the spectrum or merely beneficial for spiritual growth on the other end of the spectrum
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who is the Lord's supper to be shared with?
only Christians
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communal dimension
Lord's supper should promote untiy in the body of Christ
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presence of Christ
The bread and wine are the physical body and blood of Christ
The bread and wine contain the physical body and blood of Christ
The bread and wine contain spiritually the body and blood of Christ
The bread and wine represent the body and blood of Christ
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efficacy of the rite
It actually conveys grace to the recipient
It brings the participant into contact with the living Christ
It is merely a reminder of the truth that the Lord is present and available
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proper adminstrator of Lord's supper?
some believe c;ergy only
| some believe any christian
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appropriate recipients of Lord's supper?
The laity should not be given the cup
Some only believe in members of that particular church participating
Some deny the cup from those in serious unrepentant sin
Some open the Lord’s Supper to all Christians
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elements to be used in the Lord's supper
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One loaf?
Unleavened bread only
Wine only
Grape juice
The elements do not really matter
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transubstantiation
the doctrine that as the administering priest consecrates the elements an actual metaphysical change takes place
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in roman catholic view what happens to bread and wine?
they change into Christ's flesh and blood
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roman catholic view of lord's supper
involves a sacrificial at; int eh catholic mass a real sacrifice is again offered by Christ on behalf of worshippers
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in the roman catholic view who must be represent to consecrate the host?
priest
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from who was the cup withheld?
the laity
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who slightly modified the concept (from the Roman catholic) that Christ's body and blood are physically present in the element
lutherans
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whor ejected the idea that the catholic mass was sacrificial?
lutherans
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who rejected the idea that the priest actions turned the bread and wine into another substance?
Lutherans
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what person believed that Christ is spiritually present in the elements?
John Calvin
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reformed view
reformed thinkers believer that Christ is present but not physically or bodily.
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what does the reformed view think about the sacraments?
the notion that ones actually eats Christ's boy and drink is blood was misguided; one is merely spiritually nourished
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what person believed that the Lord's supper is merely a commemoration or memorial of Christ's death?
Huldrych Zwingli
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who pointed out that Jesus is spiritually present everywhere so Jesus' presence in he element sis no roe intense tan his presence esewhere?
Zwingli
