Mid-Term Flashcards

1
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Theology is…

A

thinking & speaking about God

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2
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Neo-Orthodoxy approach to theology

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removes all absolutes

asserts that the Bible is not the Word of God, but it becomes the Word of God through the power of the Holy Spirit

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3
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Bibliology

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the study of the Bible

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4
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2 Pressupossitions

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  1. God is

2. God has revealed Himself

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5
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The one central theme of the Bible

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Glory of God

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6
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Torah means

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Law

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7
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Nevi’im means

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Prophets

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8
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Ketuvim means

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Writings

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9
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The Epistles

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Romans
1 & 2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 & Thessalonians
1 & 2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 & 2 Peter
1-3 John
Jude
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10
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Prophecy

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Revelation

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11
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Canon means

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Measuring Rod

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12
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When the books became canonical

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as far as God is concerned, the books of the Bible were canonical when written

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13
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What did the Council of Carthage do

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New Testament Canon was completed by AD 397

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14
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Principles used to determine canonicity of the NT

(WRITTEN) LIST

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Apostolicity
Content
Universality
Divine Inspiration

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15
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Apostolicity means

WRITTEN

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written by an apostle or by someone closely associated with an apostle

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16
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Content means

WRITTEN

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on spiritual par with other apostolic books

this ruled out the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha

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17
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Universality means

WRITTEN

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Was it Universally received in the Church

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18
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Divine Inspiration means

WRITTEN

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Did the books give evidence of being divinely inspired and did it edify the saints

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19
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Apocrypha means

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Something Hidden

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20
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Homolegomena means

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Acknowledged

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21
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Antilegomana

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disputed

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22
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Hebrews disputed because

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anonymous authorship

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23
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James disputed because

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alleged teaching on justification by works

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24
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2 Peter disputed because

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more than any book in the NT because of its dissimilarities with 1 Peter and its alleged writing after Peter’s death

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25
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2 & 3 John disputed because

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the author calls himself an “elder” rather than an apostle and because they were private letters with limited circulation

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26
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Jude disputed because

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it quotes from the Book of Enoch and possibly the Assumption of Moses

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27
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Revelation disputed because

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its prophetic nature

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28
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Pseudepigrapha

A

false writings`

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29
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Septuagint (LXX)

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Hebrew into Greek

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30
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Vulgate`

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Hebrew and Greek into Latin

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31
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Wycliffe

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first complete English translation

32
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Revelation

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act of God by which He communicates truth not previously known to man

33
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General Revelation

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the means by which God makes Himself known through natural ways.
Through nature
Through our conscience

34
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Special Revelation

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the means by which God makes Himself known through direct, supernatural ways

through Jesus
through the written word

35
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Inspiration

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God-breathed

36
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Extent of Inspiration

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it is limited to the original MSS (autographs)

37
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Jews believed in the _____________ and ______________ authority of the Old Testament

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complete & infallible

38
Q

Who held the strictest views of inspiration

A

Luther & Calvin (true & false question)

39
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Schleiermacher excluded the supernatural element of inspiration & is considered what

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Father of Neo-Orthodoxy

40
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Postmodernism

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believe that the Bible may contain “truth” for one individual but not another

41
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Liberal-Modernists

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The Bible contains or may contain the Word of God

42
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Neo-Orthodox

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those parts of the bible which speak to your heart become the word of God to you

43
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New Evangelicals

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the Bible is the Word of God but love is the most important thing

44
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Conservatives/Fundamentalists (Orthodoz)

A

Jesus was a conservative/fundamentalist

45
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Cardinal doctrines of Conservatism/Fundamentalism

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The deity of Christ

The virgin birth of Christ

46
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Mode of Inspiration

A

the method that God employed in the inspiration of Scripture

47
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Natural Inspiration

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Believe in a higher development of the insight which all men possess to some degree

48
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Mystical Inspiration

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Believe that the writing of Scriptures was accomplished by an intensifying and elevating of the religious perceptions

49
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Concept Theory

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believe that the words are not inspired the thoughts and ideas are

50
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Partial Inspiration

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Believe that the Bible contains the word of God

Believe that man decides what is the Word of God

51
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Mechanical Inspiration

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Believe that the writers of the Scriptures were possessed in the mind and body by the Holy Spirit

52
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Illumination

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the understanding of previously revealed truth

53
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Authority

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the necessity of the inspired Scriptures to be obeyed

Most of what was inspired is also authoritative

54
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Verbal

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the words of Scripture and not just the thoughts were inspired by God

55
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Plenary

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all of the words in the scripture were inspired by God

we believe that the Bible is the Word of God & does not just contain the Word of God

56
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God warned against

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added or removing His Word

57
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Keeping these words is a

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sign of our love for Him

58
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Jesus statements support the plenary inspiration of Scripture

A

Matt 4:4-We are to live by every Word of God
Matt 5:18/Luke 24:44- All the Law would be fullfilled
Luke 24:25- All the prophets should be believed
Luke 24:27- Jesus taught all the Scriptures

59
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New Testament claims

A

Equality with the Old Testament

60
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New Testament is equaly

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eternal as the Old Testament

61
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Paul claimed his

A

own words as authoritative

62
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Some object because of

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“misquotings” of the Old Testament

63
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Some quotes in the NT of the OT were from the LXX &

A

not the Hebrew MSS

64
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Some quotes in the NT of the OT were a composite

A

of various passages and not just one

65
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Some quotes in the NT of the OT were just variants

A

in translations from the Hebrew to the Greek to the English

66
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The Perfections of Scripture

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Divine Authority of Scripture
Necessity of Scripture
Perspicuity/Clarity of Scripture
Sufficiency of Scripture

67
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Cosmos means

A

world

68
Q

Cosmological Argument

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cause & effect

declares God to be the first cause who is Himself uncaused

69
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Teleos means

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order

70
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Teleological Argument

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design

explains that the order and useful arrangement of a system implies intelligence and purpose

71
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Anthropological or Moral Argument

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mental & moral condition of man for the existence of an author & lawgiver
divided into 3 points

72
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Ontological Argument

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idea of God

declares that if the idea of God exists then the God must exist

73
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Ethnological or Historical Argument

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religious nature of man

among all the tribes and peoples of the earth there is a sense of the divine

74
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Congruity Argument

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God being in agreement with scientific facts

lack of proof that God does not exist supports the idea of God existing

75
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Arguments are theistic not

A

salvific (true or false question)