second test vocab

Question 1

Creatio ex nihlio

Answer 1

creation out of nothing

Question 2

Deism

Answer 2

belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

Question 3

Hierarchical dualism

Answer 3

divides creation into 2 material and spiritual

Question 4

Holism

Answer 4

the theory that parts of a whole are in intimate interconnection, such that they cannot exist independently of the whole, or cannot be understood without reference to the whole,

Question 5

Providence

Answer 5

gods caring provision for his people as he guides them in their journey of faith

Question 6

Preservation

Answer 6

refers to gods work and will in upholding all of creation

Question 7

Concurrence

Answer 7

describes gods work and with all that he has made

Question 8

Governance-

Answer 8

indicates gods work in guiding all things to the purpose for which they have been made and gods active rule over creation

Question 9

Theodicy-

Answer 9

• tries to justify gods actions in light of the existence of evil

Question 10

Theological anthropology-

Answer 10

the doctrine of the human being what sort of creatures we are and what we are like /////considering human life from within god creation

Question 11

Psychosomatic unity-

Answer 11

a creature who is always physical and spiritual

Question 12

Materialism

Answer 12

a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values the doctrine that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications.

Question 13

Nonreductive physicalism

Answer 13

a kind of materialism that still recognizes the human being in relationship with god

Question 14

Holistic dualism

Answer 14

from the hierarchical dualism that degrades the body

Question 15

Substantial view

Answer 15

sees human beings as sharing in some view of the image of god

Question 16

Functional view

Answer 16

emphasizing the unique function human beings have in caring for gods creation

Question 17

Relational view

Answer 17

often beginnings with Gods tribune nature emphasizing Gids life as perfect relationship between father-son and holy spirit

Question 18

Imago Dei

Answer 18

created in the image of God

Question 19

Original sin

Answer 19

the tendency to sin innate in all human beings, held to be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall. The concept of original sin was developed in the writings of St. Augustine.

Question 20

Pelagian-

Answer 20

heterodox Christian theological position that holds that the original sin did not taint human nature and that humans by divine grace have free will to achieve human perfection.

Question 21

Immutability

Answer 21

unchanging over time

Question 22

Impassibility-

Answer 22

not subject to the passion or suffering

Question 23

Apollinarianism

Answer 23

• Apollinaris of Laodicea attempts to solve the problem of Jesus by suggesting that he must have been less than fully human

Question 24

Eutychianism

Answer 24

presents a Jesus whose humanity has been undone by God

Question 25

Monophysitism

Answer 25

because it sees the incarnate Jesus as having only one nature

Question 26

Nestorian-

Answer 26

saw that Jesus is divine and human but wanted to keep the natures separate in important ways

Question 27

Council of Chalcedon

Answer 27

worked through the questions raised by the Christological heresies and it resulted in a doctrinal statement defining boundaries for Christians talking about Jesus and his identity

Question 28

Two natures

Answer 28

-both divine and human

Question 29

Hypostatic union

Answer 29

the combination of divine and human natures in the single person of Christ

Question 30

Communication of attributes

Answer 30

Christological concept about the interaction of deity and humanity in the person of Jesus Christ.

Question 31

Particularity-

Answer 31

used in theology to point out the goodness of a God whose love extends to particuluars

Question 32

Theotokos-

Answer 32

Mother of God