Quiz 2

Question 1

apologetic

Answer 1

defense of the faith/justifying of one’s beliefs

Question 2

moral argument for the existence of God

Answer 2

-people have a sense of the existence of God
-sense is built into the structure of the universe
-the best explanation that there is a mind behind the universe

Question 3

Law of Human Nature

Answer 3

law about right and wrong
-humans can choose to disobey
-must be a real thing not made by humans -> moral argument

Question 4

theism

Answer 4

belief in 1 or more gods
-monotheism(personal): God has a conscious
-pantheism(impersonal): God is everything

Question 5

atheism

Answer 5

there is no god/rejects existence of divine being
-opposite of theism, questions theism

Question 6

pantheism

Answer 6

God is identical with the universe

Question 7

dualism

Answer 7

good and evil are equal and opposite
-manicheanism depicts the world as battleground between forces of good and forces of evil

Question 8

free will defense

Answer 8

beings can act in ways that are moral or immoral
-response to the problem of evil (allows humans to choose)

Question 9

greater good

Answer 9

concept where actions/outcomes are morally right
-used to explain why God allows evil and suffering
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Question 10

God

Answer 10

Supreme divine being, creator, and ruler of the universe
-has incommunicable attributes and communicable attributes

Question 11

attributes

Answer 11

things that are true/characteristics(of God)

Question 12

incommunicable attributes

Answer 12

attributes only God has
-example: eternal, immutability(unchangeness)

Question 13

communicable attributes

Answer 13

attributes God shares with humans
-example: love, holy, wisdom, goodness, patience, peace, joy

Question 14

Trinity

Answer 14

God has 3 people- father, sin, holy spirit

Question 15

metaphor

Answer 15

figurative language, symbolic

Question 16

Images for God in the Psalms

Answer 16

psalm 95: king, rock of our salvation, creator shepherd
psalm 96: king, ruler, judge
psalm 103: gracious, compassionate, slow to anger

Question 17

Paul

Answer 17

-missionary letter-writter whose letters are the earliest dated text in the New Testament
-second generation Christian and apostle
-argued Christians don’t have to be circumsized
-also known as Saul but name -> Paul lived in Rome
-calls himself “slave of Jesus Christ”

Question 18

apostle

Answer 18

someone who is sent (missionary)
-example: Paul

Question 19

Jewish Christian

Answer 19

Jewish believer of Jesus
-follow the Torah

Question 20

Gentile Christian

Answer 20

non-Jewish believer of Jesus
-Paul preacher the Gospel to gentiles on his missionary journeys

Question 21

apocalypticism

Answer 21

religious belief that the end of the world is about to happen, even in one’s lifetime

Question 22

Romans

Answer 22

-letter to Romans
-written by Paul
-intended to provide direction, guidance, and encouragement for Christian believers

Question 23

house church

Answer 23

people who gather for worship inplrivate places like their homes
-1st churches

Question 24

justification

Answer 24

act by which God declares a sinful person to be righteous (from God’s grace and Jesus’ work)

Question 25

faith

Answer 25

belief in something that can’t be proven

Question 26

wrath

Answer 26

God’s anger towards sin
-saved from God’s wrath= saved from punishment

Question 27

Adam

Answer 27

first human created by God
-symbolizes God’s creation
-symbolizes humanity’s complex relationship with God
-symbolizes the fall and original sin (because of him)

Question 28

union with Christ

Answer 28

to be filled with the Holy Spirit
-enables a new way of living
-do lawful things out of love
-love your neighbor as you love yourself

Question 29

the Law (of Moses; the Torah)

Answer 29

Jewish rules to live by
-Law of Moses: 10 commandments
-Law of the Torah: Jewish text with laws and teachings

Question 30

the will

Answer 30

what God wants to happen in the world and people’s lives
-Christians aim to live according to God’s will

Question 31

redemption

Answer 31

God’s act of saving us from is, guilt, death
-Jesus’ death-> sin atoned and relationship between humanity and God is restored

Question 32

body & soul

Answer 32

-dualism believes in strict separation
-Christians believe they are interconnected

Question 33

Neoplatonism

Answer 33

philosophical system by Plato
1) consciousness is prior to materiality
2) all existence stems from a unitary higher principle (the one, the good)

Question 34

Augustine’s Neoplatonism

Answer 34

divine transcendence (God exists independent of the universe)
divine immateriality (God doesn’t have a physical body)
ontological hierarchy (God, soul, body)
intelligible(abstract) and sensible realms(physical)
evil=lack of good

Question 35

conversion

Answer 35

change of life