Knowledge of God's Existence: Revelation

Question 1

What is revealed theology?

Answer 1

Knowledge Christians believe God has chosen to show to people - these are not ideas that could’ve been observed or worked out for themselves

Question 2

When did the distinction between between natural and revealed theology begin?

Answer 2

In the Middle Ages

Question 3

What is immediate revelation?

Answer 3

The name given to direct encounters with God through religious experience, such as Moses and the Burning Bush

Question 4

What is mediate revelation?

Answer 4

Knowledge gained about God less directly, e.g., hearing religious ideas explained at Church

Question 5

What did Barth argue?

Answer 5

God can only be known through revealed theology, as he chooses when to reveal himself

Question 6

What does revealed theology have to be accepted through?

Answer 6

Faith

Question 7

What is the grace of God?

Answer 7

God’s unconditional love and undeserved gifts to humanity

Question 8

What does the Bible not make a distinction between?

Answer 8

Natural and revealed theology

Question 9

What occurs in Acts 17:16-34?

Answer 9

Paul uses natural theology by demonstrating reason in his debate with Jewish leaders