Keywords

Question 1

Faith

Answer 1

Voluntary commitment to a beleif without 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 personal faith.

Question 5

Revelation

Answer 5

‘uncovering’. In theological terms, thi is when God chooses to let himself be known.

Question 6

Immediate revelation

Answer 6

Where someone is 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.