God Flashcards
2 montheism quotes in OT
exodus - u shall have no other Gods before me
deuternomy ‘ the lord our God the lord is one
what is a covent and give 2 examples
Abraham
Moses 10 commandments
New testament monotheism
emphasis love
moral obedience central having right relationship with God
God as creator and sustainer
God controls and preserves
what is ethical monotheism
god sustaining human morality links to omnipotences
what is theological determinism
gods knowledge of everything means humans can’t have totally free will
asks if god is right to judge
what does Aquinas say about God as creator and sustainer
God knows all outside time
God doesn’t have complete control
God as transcendent and unknowable
God is unlike anything within creation must be eternal
Give 3 examples of God as transcendent and unknowable
Moses at burning bush - revealed name
parting of Red Sea
Ezekiel had visions - define all understandings
give 2 examples of biblical foundations of the doctrine
Jesus’ baptism
Mathew 28 - great commission
3 important facts about doctrine of trinity
- brings doctrinal truths of sin, atonement, redemption
Gods response to the fall explained all roles of Trinity
God father - sent Jesus to die, God son - human, God spirt - relationship
2.personal relationship with God
God head - transcendent, father - creation, son - incarnate, spirit - empower - relationship between trinity is one love
augustine, lover, loved and love
moltmann - trinity as a community of self hiving and receiving love call to community and love
god as omnipotent creator
creator of all things must be omnipotent
1. god can do anything
2. God can do everything - that is logical
most accept 2nd provides free will can’t stop evil and suffering
some believe Gods universe ex deo - denies Gods transcendence
ex nihilo - genesis1 creates problem origin of evil
1. augustine - evil = good
2. hick - second order good
3. process theodicy - God gave order to chaos
God as trinity in New Testament
Jesus putting into action words of Old Testament
never defined in new
Christians and God as trinity
- they are 3 distinct people
- they coexist, coequal and coeteneral
- only 1 person - not spirit - mystery
different sections different reads
Jesus as son of God
has full authority over God
one essence with God - hen
others him and God in harmony
1. there s one god
2. only 1 god Jesus Christ doesn’t mean God himself
3. Jesus was Gods instrument
2 bible quotes to show jesus son of God
I am the father and one - John
Pauls letter - if christians should eat meat or not. no other God exists so allowed - 1 corth 8
meaning of anthropomorphism
giving human attributes to non human entities
genesis 3 god walking through garden of Eden
problems with anthropomorphism
creates image of God
reduces god who is immaterial
Anthropomorphic God as personal
does not mean God is person
analogy
God is rational rather than personal
Allows god to be immanent
anthropomorphic God as father
metaphor attributes strength
Used in OT and NT links to creator
abba - lords prayer. Christians close father relationship combines Gods role as father and creator - power and father of Jesus intimate in apostles creed.
Anthropomorphic God as King
metaphor
ancient power of king - absolute
Jesus reinterpreted role of messiah as well as Kingdom of God
chrostains are to pray and work for Gods kingdom to come
on earth as it is in heaven
anthropomorphic gender specific language
masculine terms
minority see God as female
such ideas excluded women from church
Hampson anthropomorphic gender specific language
third person abstract - rarely given pronouns
feminst point to parodox anthropomorphic gender specific language
God is spirit doesn’t have chromosomes
Genesis 1 anthropomorphic gender specific language
male and female made in image of God
Sallie McFauge anthropomorphic gender specific language
when metapore comes outdated new Ines needed Trinity other lover and friend
Julian Norwhich
references Jesus as mother
3 bible for anthropomorphic gender specific language
as a mother coots her child so will I comfort you - Isaiah 66
choice 12 male disciples
appeared to women
anthropomorphic God as love
Gods omnibenlovence critical for belief and omniscience and omnipotence
Attacked inconsistent Triad
1. Gids love basis for covent
2. Giving of his son for salvation
3. because god loves us we should love others
2 bible quotes for anthropomorphic God as love
John for god so loved the world
Paul writes of all the gifts of the spirit ‘greatest of these are love
process theodicy
A N Whitehead - quantum machines
God growing and changing
God is not creator process theodicy q
rejected traditional view
believes god created order out of chaos
1. universe is eternal
2. universe began as chaotic matter
3. God also here
4. Gods role persuade matter from chaos -> order
God is not omnipotent - process theodicy
if matter not created by God. God doesn’t have any control over it
Griffin God has persuaded the universe to change and adapt for good. But God has taken years to encourage it to get to that point God can’t do it
