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Key Terms/Trinity Flashcards

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What’s the Latin for ‘all knowing’

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Omniscient

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What’s the Latin for ‘all around’

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Omnipresent

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What’s the Latin for ‘all powerful’

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Omnipotent

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What’s the Latin for ‘all loving’

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Omnibenevolent

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What’s the meaning of ‘merciful’

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-showing or giving mercy; compassionate
-giving a another chance

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What’s the meaning of ‘just’

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Fair

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What’s the meaning of ‘immutable’

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Doesn’t change

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What’s the Latin for ‘image of God’ and what does it mean

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Imago Dei, reflect god’s characteristics

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What characteristics are used to describe God

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He’s the creator, the giver of free will, perfect, eternal, infinite, nurturing, protective, father of Jesus, peace, genderless, hope, love, healing

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10
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What is God?

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A supreme being, a spiritual entity

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What are religions with one god? / multiple gods

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Monotheistic / polytheistic

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What are the main branches of Christianity?

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Roman Catholic, Anglican, orthodox, Methodist, Baptist, Quakers

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Meaning of transcendent

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Beyond our understanding, exists beyond or outside the universe

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Meaning of personal (in relation to god)

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Relationship with him, father

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Meaning of impersonal in relation to god

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Force of light, love, peace, power, rather than a human being

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Meaning of immanent

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Can act in the world OR exists in the world

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What does the inconsistent triad consist of? (J.L Mackie)

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Omnibenevolent, omnipotent & suffering exists

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18
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What is natural evil?

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Suffering caused by natural events

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What’s moral evil

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Suffering caused by human choices

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What kind of Christian’s believe in the trinity?

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Trinitarian

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Meaning of incarnate

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Flesh, human form

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22
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What does the trinity consist of?

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God the father, god the son, Holy Spirit

23
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What is the ‘oneness of god’

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Christian doctrine that states that there is one god, existing in three equal, divine persons

24
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What’s Augustine’s argument to explain suffering?

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Free will defense, inherited punishment for eves sin

25
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What’s irenaeus’ argument for suffering?

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Theodicy, soul making, prepared for heaven, free will for good

26
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What’s job’s argument for suffering?

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Test of faith, suffering because gods ways are beyond our understanding

27
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What’s Dawkins argument for suffering?

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Evolution, nature

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What does genesis mean?

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The beginning or the origin of something, how something came into being

29
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What are the different interpretations or genesis?

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Symbolic/liberal interpretation, literal interpretation/creationists

30
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What are the two views of Jesus?

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Historical and christological views

31
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What’s the theory of Ebianism?

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Jesus is not really god?

32
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What’s the theory of Arianism?

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Jesus is not fully god?

33
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What’s the theory of docetism?

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Jesus is not really human?

34
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What’s the theory of apollinarius?

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Jesus is not fully human?

35
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What two natures did Jesus have?

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Fully god and fully human

36
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Who came up with the theory of the first cause?

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Thomas Aquinas

37
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Who came up with the theory of the first cause?

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Thomas Aquinas

38
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What does begotten mean in terms of Christianity?

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God the Father is the source of God the son

39
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What is the idea of penal substitution?

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Jesus died in our place, paying the price for our sins

40
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What are four examples of theories that question whether the resurrection actually happened?

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Jesus didn’t really die, someone stole his body, women got the wrong tomb, lives are changed today (500+ eyewitness accounts)

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Meaning of atonement

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At one with god

42
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Meaning of salvation

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To be saved from the punishment of god for sin, into new life

43
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Meaning of sacrifice in terms of Jesus

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Dying as a way of apologising to god

44
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Meaning of redemption

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To redeem something means to recover ownership of something by paying a sum

45
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What is forgiveness

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To stop blaming or being angry at someone or their actions

46
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Meaning of redeem

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To buy back or regain

47
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Meaning of covenant?

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2 way agreement between god and humanity

48
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What are the non catholic words for mass?

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Communion or Eucharist

49
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Meaning of sacrament

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Outward sign or receiving grace of god eg weddings christenings etc

50
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What was st Augustine’s theory about grace?

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That it’s irresistible, not a choice or something that can be refused

51
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What’s an acronym for grace and what does it mean?

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Gods gift
Received
At
Christ’s
Expense
Means that we didn’t earn it, Christ allowed it to be given to us

52
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What’s the story of the sheep and the goats?

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Poor and vulnerable people, sheep helped them, goats ignored their suffering, sheep went to heaven and goats went to hell

53
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Meaning of righteousness

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Habitually good

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