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1
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What is monotheism?

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The belief that only one God exists + is worthy of worship

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What is the quote from John 10:30 about monotheism?

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“I and God are one” - Jesus

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What did Israel in the Old Testament not understand?

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At first there wasn’t an understanding of one God - other God’s were thought to exist but with no power

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What does Elohim mean?

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Plural form of ‘Gods’ in Hebrew

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What was God seen as in the Old Testament?

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Head of a pantheon of Gods (system)

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What was each nation thought to have in the Old Testament?

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It’s own particular deity + Gods of nations make up a council

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How did monotheism develop?

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In the thinking of Israelite prophets, particularly Isiash

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What is moral obedience at the heart of?

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At the heart of salvation

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Where is good moral behaviour in the Old Testament?

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At the heart of the covenant agreement bet Israel + God

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What was the covenant agreement between Israel + God?

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God ‘adopts’ Israel in a relationship + in return Israel promises moral + religious obedience

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What is entered on the 10 Commandments?

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The Law given by God to Moses of religious obedience

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Where does Jesus say “I and God are one”?

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John 10:30

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What does the New Testament say about what Jesus tells his followers?

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Whoever weakens in obeying the 10 commandments/teaches others to weaken will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven

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14
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What is said in Mark’s gospel?

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‘The Lord our God is one’

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What is at the heart of salvation?

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Moral obedience

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16
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What does God have the power to do?

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Only God has the authority + love to save humanity from its sins

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17
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What do Christians disagree on?

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What it means for God to be omnipotent bc he can be defined in diff ways

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What is the first thing Christians believe about God’s omnipotence? Give an example

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God’s omnipotence means he can even to the logically impossible e.g. make 2+2 total to 50

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What is the second thing Christians believe about God’s omnipotence?

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God’s omnipotence means he can do anything thats ‘logically possible’

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Why do many Christians find it importance to accept that God can ONLY do the ‘logically possible’?

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Because of the problem of evil

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What happens if the fact that God can do anything logically impossible is true?

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We are faced w the prob of why God doesn’t control evil in the world

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22
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Which scholars maintain that God can only do the logically possible?

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Hick and Plantinga

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What do Process Theologians believe?

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Deny God’s omnipotence bc the sheer extent of evil in the world shows that God can’t be all-powerful

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What do some Christians believe about where God’s creation came from? Why do most reject this?

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The universe comes ‘ex deo’ (‘from God’s own being’)
Most reject this bc it would mean God + his creation are the same thing

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What do other Christians believe about God’s creation?

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Ex nihilo (‘out of nothing’) - the universe is some kind of mental construct from God

26
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What is said in the revised translation from Hebrew about God’s creation?

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“God said let there be light and there was light”

27
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What do Process Theologians believe about creation?

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God created the universe using already existing chaotic matter which he put into an ordered state

28
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What does Hick argue about evil?

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What we perceive as evil provides stimulus for spiritual development into children of God

29
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What does Augustine say about evil?

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Denies the existence of evil; evil is just an absence of good

30
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What’s the problem with believing God created EVERYTHING in the universe?

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Means he created evil too

31
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What does God do for the universe in terms of control?

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God sustains the universe + preserves it from destruction

32
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What’s theological determinism?

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God’s omniscience means he knows present, past + future so the future is fixed + unavoidable

33
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What does Aquinas believe about omniscience?

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God doesn’t exist in time; but timelessly
He sees results of our future, free choices but doesn’t cause them

34
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What is God’s transcendence?

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Beyond time + space

35
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What does Boethius say?

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God can see everything all at once
Past, present + future

36
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How does Rudolf Otto describe God?

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Holy + numinous

37
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How does the Old Testament describe God?

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Father, Creator + Judge

38
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How does the New Testament describe God?

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Jesus, human + Holy Spirit

39
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When was the apostolic creed written?

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Just after Jesus’ death

40
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When was the nicene creed written?

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About 300 yrs after Jesus’ death

41
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What is outlined and reaffirmed in the Apostolic Creed + Nicene Creed?

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Belief in trinity + Jesus was consubstantial w the Father

42
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What is the Holy Spirit active in?

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In the world today

43
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What is mutual indwelling?

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The Father is in the son
The son is in the father
etc

44
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Why did God send the son?

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As the atonement, to redeem, humans from sin

45
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Who is the Son in the Holy Trinity?

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Human; able to make atonement through his death on the cross

46
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What does the Holy Spirit do in the Trinity?

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Gives new birth in Jesus so humans have the hope of eternal life

47
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What is an imminent God?

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Answers prayers, performs miracles, intervenes in history, relates to ppl

48
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What happens if ‘Son of God’ is taken in the Trinitarian sense?

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Then Jesus’ authority is God’s authority

49
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What happen if ‘Son of God; is taken in the ‘liberal’ sense?

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Jesus’ authority is merely human

50
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What does describing God as having human actions, emotions + a body do?

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Reduces God to a human level; God w human characteristics makes him have the physical limitations of humans

51
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What does saying God judges, forgives + laments mean?

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Suggests God has a conscious brain; how can we understand a God whose brain states are analysable like ours?

52
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What does Sigmund Freud call God?

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The concept of wish fulfilment

53
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What does calling God ‘father’ reflect?

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The practice of Ancient Near East patriarchal societies
Oldest male has complete power

54
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How are God’s actions reflective of the patriarchal father?

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Instructs humans to be fruitful + multiply; ordains diff roles for women + men; punishes disobedience

55
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What’s the issue of God as love?

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The problem of evil (inconsistent triad)

56
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What’s God’s love?

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Basis of the covenant for Israel

57
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What does Mary Daly say about God + father?

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“If God is male then male is God”

58
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Where is love shown?

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  • Love is shown in Jesus’ sacrifice
  • Greatest gift of the spirit of love
59
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What’s the most important aspect of this royal imagery?

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In its use in the New Testament to portray Jesus as Messiah

60
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What do process theologians believe about God + physical matter?

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Eternal + uncreated + exist pantheistically: the universe is in God + God is in the universe

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