Key Terms

Question 1

Faith?

Answer 1

Voluntary commitment to a belief without the need for complete evidence to support it.

Question 2

Empiricism?

Answer 2

A way of knowing that depends on the five senses.

Question 3

Natural theology?

Answer 3

Drawing conclusions about the nature and activity of God by using reason and observing the world.

Question 4

Protestantism?

Answer 4

A form of Christianity which rejects the authority of the Catholic Church and places greater emphasis on the Bible and on personal faith.

Question 5

Revelation?

Answer 5

“Uncovering”. In theological terms, this is when God chooses to let himself be known.

Question 6

Immediate Revelation?

Answer 6

Where someone’s given direct knowledge of God.

Question 7

Mediate Revelation?

Answer 7

Where someone gains knowledge of God in a secondary, non-direct way.

Question 8

Grace Of God?

Answer 8

God’s unconditional and undeserved gifts.

Question 9

Wisdom Literature?

Answer 9

A genre of writing from the ancient world, teaching about wisdom and virtue. In the Bible, books such as Proverbs and Job are classified as wisdom literature.