ICD Flashcards
Conviction
essential doctrines pertaining to salvation, any rejection of these doctrines is cause for damnation.
Persuasions
doctrines about which we are personally certain ( there is a right answer to this, getting it wrong doesn’t loose our salvation) but can still have fellowship with brothers and sisters, since they’re not matter to central to the Gospel ( 1 corinthians 15:1-6 “first importance)
Opinion
matters where believers may legitimately differ because one correct answer is not taught in scripture.
Ex. Romans 14:4-6 “ one person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike”
Side A/Side B of theology
beliefs (orthodoxy) Side A
Ethics( orthoproxy) side B
General revelation
God’s providential care, rain, sun, etc
Special revelation
God revealing himself through Historical acts, pillars of clouds, exodus, crossing red sea
Inspiration
recording of divine relations ( inspiration applies to writing not writer, and applies to originals not to copies)
Dictation theory
dictated the precise word ex. Koran)
Verbal plenary inspiration
inspiration( not only the concepts but also words)
Canon
39 books, over 1,000 years, Bible OT divided into 4 categories ( law, history, prophet, poetry)
Apocrypha
Deuterocanonical Books
Inerrancy
Truthful and without error
Infallibility
faith and practice
Incommunicable attributes
attributes we do not share with God ( omnipresence)
Communicable attributes
Attributes we do share with God ( Love, compassion, Justice)
Modalism
Father, son and Holy Spirit are merely faces, that one God wears
Tritheism
Father Son HS are three god
Arianism
son of greatest of all creatures, made before creation
Theistic evolution
God work indirectly/providentially guidance in creation.
Progressive creationism
accept scientific age view of earth. God has acted directly in the creation process. Period of time.
Young earth creationism
God created the major pieces, earth is relatively young.
Image of God
Substantive view: capacity to think/reason
Relational view: capacity for relationship
Functional view: stewardship of creation old testament scholars
Ethical view: ethical qualities
Ethnicity
shared nationality, cultural heritage, history, language, customs and traditions
involves both Self ascription and other
SOF: creation SOF: Race SOF: Fall SOF: Deity of Christ SOF: Baptism SOF: Election SOF: loose Salvation SOF: women SOF: return of Christ SOF: millennial reign
Creation: NO POSITION (persuasion level) Affirms that God crates, but doesn't take any theological position. Race: CONVICTION LEVEL Fall: affirms the history of the fall Diety of Christ: fully human, fully divine, divine and human natures of Jesus are distinct, divine and human natures of Jesus are forever united in one person Baptism: persuasion level Election: Persuasion level Loose salvation: Persuasion Women: Persuasion Return of Christ: conviction level Millennial reign: persuasion level