Religious Studies TMA2

Question 1

evangelism

Answer 1

the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.

Question 2

Apostolic Tradition

Answer 2

is the tradition that stems from Jesus’ Apostles. Jesus commanded them to preach the Gospel to all men.

Question 3

Apostolic Succession

Answer 3

the teaching that bishops represent a direct, uninterrupted line of continuity from the Apostles of Jesus Christ.

Question 4

Magisterium

Answer 4

is the catholic church’s claimed authority or office to give authentic interpretation of the Word of God.

Question 5

Gentile

Answer 5

person who is not Jewish.

Question 6

denomination

Answer 6

A recognised, independent branch of the Christian Church.

Question 7

canon

Answer 7

A collection of books that a religious group regards as inspired by God.

Question 8

monotheism

Answer 8

The belief that there is only one God

Question 9

pantheon (pan·thee·uhn)

Answer 9

All of the gods within any particular religious system.

Question 10

Yahweh (yaa·way)

Answer 10

The most commonly used name of God in the Old Testament.

Question 11

ex Deo

Answer 11

Latin, meaning ‘out of God’, as in creation ‘out of God’s own being’.

Question 12

ex nihilo

Answer 12

Latin, meaning ‘from nothing’, as in the doctrine of creation ‘out of nothing’.

Question 13

theological determinism

Answer 13

is the view that God determines every event that occurs in the history of the world, therefore humans do not have free will.

Question 14

Trinitarian

Answer 14

God exists as three persons, (the father, the son, and the holy spirit) but is one being, having a single divine nature.

Question 15

incarnate

Answer 15

of a deity or spirit embodied in human form.

Question 16

perichoresis

Answer 16

Greek for ‘rotation’, used in Trinitarian theology to describe the relationship between the three persons of the Godhead.

Question 17

immanent

Answer 17

as in God permanently pervading and sustaining the universe.

Question 18

panentheism

Answer 18

is the belief that the divine intersects every part of the universe and extends beyond space and time.

Question 19

martyr (maa·tuh)

Answer 19

a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to abandon a religion.

Question 20

objective immortality

Answer 20

The belief that every living thing exists forever in the mind of God because they are literally objects ‘in’ God.

Question 21

venial sin (vee·nee·all)

Answer 21

A ‘forgivable’ sin that does not result in separation from God and eternal damnation to hell

Question 22

subjective immortality

Answer 22

the belief that after death the thinking self continues as the same subject of consciousness

Question 23

atonement

Answer 23

the reconciliation of God and mankind through Jesus Christ.

Question 24

sanctity (sangk·tuh·tee)

Answer 24

the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly.

Question 25

eschatological

Answer 25

relating to death, judgement, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.

Question 26

sola fide

Answer 26

Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith alone.

Question 27

eristic

Answer 27

a person given to debate or argument.