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Quiz 4 (02/12) Flashcards

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analogy/analogical

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a way of thinking and speaking where one tries to show how our knowledge about one thing is similar yet different than our knowledge about something else

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apophatic theology

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a kind of theology which teaches that God is absolute mystery so when we talk about God we must say what God is not

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aseity

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attribute of God which describes him as self-existent, depending on no one/nothing for existence

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being/Being

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most fundamental characteristic of anything that can be said to exist; abstract reference to God, Paul Tillich representative of this form of theology

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Bible

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the collection of books that constitute the Scripture or canon of the church

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cataphatic theology

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teaches that God and the world share enough affinity that we can base what we say about God on the ultimate form of things we say about the world

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creeds

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documents declared by church councils to be official teachings of the catholic church

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doctrine

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agreed upon teaching of the church that’s been declared to be an official teaching in some kind of assembly

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eternity

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a realm or mode of being that includes unchanging forms and immutable realities, includes God, that exist outside of time

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homoousios/homoiousios

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“substance”, Jesus as the incarnate Word is “of the same substance” as the Father, used in creeds to refer to the divine essence (homoiousia means “of a similar substance”)

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immanence

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the nearness of God; God is related to, involved with, and present in the world

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liturgy

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“service”, work of Christians as their service to God through worship; rituals of worship/pattern or order of worship

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mystery

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“secret”, the claim that God’s essential nature or inner being is unknown and unknowable by us

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omnipotence

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the divine attribute which describes God as all-powerful

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omniscience

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the divine attribute which describes God as all-knowing

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ontological argument

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argument for the existence of God based on reason alone

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pantheism

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the doctrine that the concept “God” and the concept “the world” are convertible terms; God is the world and the world is God

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panentheism

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the doctrine that God is in the world and the world is in God

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subordinationism

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the teaching that God the Son is subordinate to God the Father or that the Spirit is subordinate to the Son

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transcendence

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the divine attribute which describes God as beyond, above, other than, or more than the finite world

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Trinity, doctrine of

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the Christian church’s theology, established by the Council of Nicea, that God is triune, the Godhead exists as 3 equal and eternal persons, and that these 3 persons share 1 substance or essence

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tritheism

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belief in 3 gods

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Isaiah 57:15

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“I dwell in the holy place, and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite”

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Psalm 103:8-11

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“the Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love”

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2 Corinthians 1:21-22

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“now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come”

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Galatians 4:6

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“because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father’”

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1 Peter 1:1-2

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“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to God’s elect…Grace and peace be yours in abundance”

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the baptismal rite

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“I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”

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the sign of the cross

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“in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”

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the apostle’s creed

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“I believe in God the Father Almighty”

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atheism

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no theism; denial of any kind of divinity

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agnosticism

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not to know; skepticism about the existence of God

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deism

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God has withdrawn from any active participation, allowing the world to run on its own

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theism

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marriage between biblical God and God of Greek philosophy; God is supernatural without a body

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true/false: expressions like “the Beyond, the More, Being-Itself, Ultimacy, Creativity” and experiences of “utter bafflement and the awesomeness of existence” come from a conceptual understanding of God

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false. they come from an experiential awareness of God

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what is the danger/potential problem that is created by an emphasis, or even exclusive, use of the concept of transcendence to understand God?

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God is removed/distant

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what is the danger/potential problem that is created by an emphasis, or even exclusive, use of the concept of immanence to understand God?

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God is not independent

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what is a dialectal understanding of God concerning transcendence and immanence?

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God is transcendent and immanent, utterly unlike, yet involved; absolute and related; impersonal and personal; eternal and temporal; changeless and changing; and self-sufficient and dependent

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according to Gilkey, what is the central problem that theologians encounter when talking about God?

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“…how to unite intelligibly the absoluteness of God as the unconditioned source of our total being with the dynamic relatedness and the reciprocal activity of God as the ground, guide, dialogical partner, and redeemer of our freedom”

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true/false: all of our talk about God is symbolic, metaphorical, or analogical, each of these terms emphasizing that our language to some degree does and does not properly speak of God

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true

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true/false: Christians can think about God as apart from the stories of Israel and Jesus

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false

42
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what is the first part of the Spiritual Exercises that directees read and contemplate when they start the Exercises? what is that called?

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the First Principle and Foundation

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what is the following?
God created human beings to praise, reverence, and serve God, and by doing this, to save their souls.
God created all other things on the face of the earth to help fulfill this purpose.

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a literal translation of the First Principle and Foundation, from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

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what is one argument that scholars put forward to explain the so-called “texts of terror” found in the Old Testament?

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we cannot equate the actual God and the textual God

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true/false: the God of the exodus, exile, and Jesus Christ is the norm for deciding who is the biblical God

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true

46
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what is the problem with the “God of the philosophers?”

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philosophical language is substituted for biblical language and Trinitarian ideas when God is described

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which of the following are aspects of what Inbody calls “dialectical theism”?
- how we worship God and live our lives is important to God
- God hears our prayers
- God responds to our suffering and joys
- God of the Bible and liturgy are perfectly related
- all of the above

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all of the above

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according to McGrath. “the doctrine of the Trinity can be regarded as the outcome of a process of sustained and ________ on the pattern of divine activity revealed in scripture and continued in Christian experience”

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critical reflection

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true/false: the primary thing Christians say about God is that God is revealed in the Scripture as the triune God, as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit

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true

50
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the New Testament talks in ways that give evidence of the early Christian’s belief in God and a Triune Being: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit

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true

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what is the figure that is described in the Book of Daniel that is also a title that Jesus uses to describe himself

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The Son of Man

52
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what is an attribute?

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a way to describe what something is like

53
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name two of God’s attributes

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wise, faithful, powerful, holy, just, love, merciful, eternal

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true/false: God’s attributes have become new little gods

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false

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