Questions from Tests (for Final) Flashcards
The Synod of Dort was the occasion for the followers of Arminius (the Remonstrants) to rebut the five points given by John Calvin.
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The ‘U’ of Calvinism’s ‘TULIP’ (i.e., the so-called five points of Calvinism) refers to “unlimited atonement.”
F
According to Kant, we can only know “the thing as it appears” but not “the thing in itself.”
T
The normative and trans-cultural nature of revealed truth requires that we should never consider cultural factors in the formulation of theology within and for a particular culture.
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“Culture Christianity” was used in class to refer to the attempt to understand and apply normative Christian truth within a given cultural setting.
F
Dispensationalism stresses discontinuity between the testaments, whereas covenant theology stresses continuity.
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Adolf von Harnack is widely regarded as the “father of modern liberalism.”
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Arminius argued for what has been called “prevenient grace,” that is, God’s overcoming of the effects of total depravity sufficiently so that people are able to put faith in Christ or not.`
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According to the elaboration on the definition given of Evangelical Systematic Theology, the main subject-matter for theology is “Scripture and all other relevant sources.”
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Pelagius held that the command of God necessarily entails that we are free, such that we are able, by nature, to obey what it asks of us.
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“Progressive revelation” is an important explanatory concept for covenant theology in particular.
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Carl F. H. Henry criticized fundamentalism for its lack of intellectual engagement with and social involvement in the broader secular culture.
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““Progressive dispensationalism” differs with traditional dispensationalism by understanding some legitimate continuity between Israel and the Church.
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On the Augustinian-Pelagian debate, Calvin sided clearly with Augustine, but Luther tended toward a more Pelagian understanding.
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Arminius and Pelagius both agreed that because God commanded people to trust him and to obey him, that it must be the case that people can by nature trust and obey God.
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Evangelical systematic theology works from certain fundamental convictions, among which are:
the Bible has primacy over all other avenues into truth
Covenant theology holds:
there are two broad covenants, the covenant of works and the covenant of grace
Retroduction may rightly be understood as the
creative ordering of relevant data into a conceptual whole showing more fully what those data are and showing how they relate together
Evangelical systematic theology differs from biblical theology in this way:
Biblical theology develops individual theologies of various authors or genres, whereas systematic theology develops theology from the whole of the Bible
Arminius, and the Remonstrants after his death:
agreed with Calvinism that humans are totally depraved due to Adam’s sin
Followed the Enlightenment shift from revelation to human reason and experience
Liberalism
The Bible is a witness to God’s real revelation, but it is not infallible or inerrant:
Neo-orthodoxy
Karl Barth was the most prominent leader of
Neo-orthodoxy
Intentionally re-engaged the broader culture, both intellectually and socially while upholding orthodoxy and full biblical authority
Evangelicalism
Strong emphasis on the social gospel
Liberalism
While it is true to say that all of Scripture is revelation, it would not be true to say that all revelation is Scripture.
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Fideism is the view that all reasonable humans potentially can come to know the truth about some matter through careful investigation.
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The concept of revelation is best understood as the human discovery of truths about the nature and work of God.
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The definition of revelation includes the idea of truth that previously existed but now is uncovered or laid bare.
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The doctrine of inspiration is primarily about the text of Scripture that is inspired and secondarily about authors of Scripture who were moved by the Holy Spirit to write Scripture.
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It was argued in class that Scriptural authority is founded only on the doctrine of biblical inspiration and that the question of inerrancy is irrelevant to the issue of Scriptural authority.
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Paul’s reference in Romans 2:15 to “the Law written on their hearts” refers to the transformation of believers as they are re-made to be keepers of the Law.
F
Special revelation has a more specific content or substance and a more limited scope than does general revelation.
T
To say that unsaved people have a moral antipathy to the truth of the gospel implies that they understand something correctly about that gospel truth.
T
It was argued in class that epilusis in 2 Peter 1:20 is best translated, not as “interpretation,” but as “disclosure” or “origination.”
T
Revelation through the avenue of the incarnation combines all the other avenues of special revelation in this one revelation of Jesus as the Christ.
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Romans 1:20-21 rightly supports the notion that unsaved people have sufficient knowledge from creation alone to be saved.
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The issue of canonicity has to do with the Church’s establishing the authority of certain writings for the believing community.
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2 Timothy 3:16 states that inspiration happens as writers of Scripture are “moved by the Holy Spirit” and so speak from God.
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Romans 1:20-21 rightly supports the notion that unsaved people have sufficient knowledge of God from creation so as to be morally responsible for their response to God.
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