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