origins and meanings Flashcards
omnipotence
the belief that God is all powerful.
transcendence
existing outside of space and time;God exists in a way that makes him nothing like anything else that exists, above and beyond creation.
creation ex nihilo
creation out of nothing. before God created the universe, nothing existed. only God can create out of nothing.
evolution
the process of mutation and natural selection which leads to changes in species over time to suit particular environments.
imago dei
in the image of God. The belief that human beings are uniquely a reflection of God’s person-hood. unlike the other animals, human beings are rational, free and moral.
inspiration
“God breathed” The belief that the Spirit of God guides an individual to act or write what is good and true.
revelation
the word used to describe all of the ways in which God makes himself known to human beings. Christians believe that God does this finally and fully in the person of Jesus Christ.
stewardship
the duty to care for creation responsibly, as stewards rather than consumers, and to protect it for future generations.
the Old Testament begins with what story
the creation story
what kind of stories does the New Testament contain
- gospels of Jesus
- story of the disciples and the early church
give 3 qualities that christains think god is like
- omini benevolent
- omni potent
- omni scient
what does a triangle show us about god
it shows us all of his omni qualities
what does the circle around the triangle show christians
that god is eternal because he has no beginning and no end
god being transcendent shows christians that he …
exists outside of space and time, god is outside of his creation
what did G.K Chesterson think
he thought that the world had a purpose. This is shown when it says “the world has such a final purpose.” this means that there is a meaning to life. He also thinks that god is behind the universe and the world as he is only omi potent
who was G.K Chesterson
a man who wrote essays and novels and thought that god had a plan for this world
what does the church say about creation ex nihilo
“creator of all things, visible and invisible..”
who was St Augustine
he believed that god created the world out of nothing even the heaven and earth, he also believed that whatever god made was good for as he was good
what is in Genesis 1 (what kind of story)
- the creation story, god created the heavens and the earth
- god made all living creatures
what kind of story is in Genesis 2
- the story of Adam and Eve, god created them in his own image
- god gave adam and eve a garden to look after
what do the creation accounts show us about god
it shows us that god is : omni-potent, omni-scient. omni-benevolent and transcendent
do christians think that god created the world in 6 days
they dont think that god created the world in 6, 24 hour periods but take the message that god created the world from it
in the bible it says “a thousand years are a single day.” so six days could be a thousand years to god
what quote from the bible shows that god may have took longer than 6 days to create the world
“a thousand years are a single day.”
what does the genesis accounts show us about how humans are meant to be like or how we were made
the genesis accounts show us that we are made in the image of god, that we have a role in creation and that god gives us life
what a fundamental christians
christians that think the bible should be interpreted literally and that the creation stories happened exactly in the way they were written
what is the name of the word when people take the creation account literally
creationism
how would catholic christians look at the creation story in genesis
they would look at the genesis stories as symbolic and that it is meant to give a reason for creation
