HUMANITY: Essentially Good and Existentially Estranged

Question 1

Essentially good

Answer 1

belief that humanity is created, created in the image of God; in our essence/ousia (our very being) we are good

Question 2

Existentially estranged

Answer 2

belief that humanity is fallen, sinful, and estranged from God and their own true being

Question 3

Imago Dei

Answer 3

“image of God”

Question 4

Trichotomy

Answer 4

belief that humans are composed of three distinct and even separable aspects or entities: body, soul, and spirit/ dichotomy- more widely held Christian belief that humans are composed of both body and soul

Question 5

Image/likeness

Answer 5

second essential tenet of Christian anthropology; belief that humans are essentially good, because humanity is created in the image or likeness of God

Question 6

Pelagius

Answer 6

5th century monk from Britain; taught in Rome that all people are born pure, pristine, uncorrupted and fully able if they will to live lives in perfect obedience to God’s ration

Question 7

Secular humanism

Answer 7

Western view of humanity that is rooted in and based on naturalism;