SOWAA the Bible Flashcards
What are the 3 theories about the inspiration and authority of the Bible?
conservatism
liberalism
neo-orthodoxy
conservatism
what are the two main types of christianity?
evangelical protestant
catholicism
what do evangelicals believe they are saved by?
God’s grace or God’s free gift of Jesus’ atonement
What do evangelicals do?
spread the good news (word of Jesus)
those who are converted are saved from sin and ‘born again’
2 Timothy 3 - evangelicals
All scripture is inspired by God and is ‘profitable’ for teaching
main points for evangelicals:
God literally dictated the Bible
Bible is inerrant
if science and religion conflict, religion is always right
What do Catholics believe about the Bible?
it is inspired by God
what is apostolic tradition?
stems from Jesus’ apostles
Jesus commanded them to preach the gospel
they did this with the teachings they got from Jesus and the Holy Spirit
what is apostolic succession?
when Jesus died he gave authority to Peter who then gave authority to the Pope
What is the Pope’s word considered to be?
infallible authority
What do Catholics believe have authority?
the Bible
the Church
What does canonical mean?
how catholics see the old and mew testament as being the work of God and the books in the Bible as being authority
True of False:
Catholics believe the Bible can be applied to modern day times
true
What is the newer view called?
neo-orthodox
which scholar links to neo-orthodoxy?
Karl Barth
What does neo-orthodoxy say about the Bible?
it contains errors
not word of God but contains it
Bible has some authority
What do neo-orthodoxs recognise about God and Jesus?
God is trying to reach humans through Jesus
What are the 2 key arguments in liberalism?
social gospel movement
process theology
What was the social gospel movement?
instead of debating the Bibles inspiration/authority and where it came from we should put words in Bible to practice to end social issues and better our lives
when was the social gospel movement?
what was going on at the time?
end of 19th century
war, racism, poverty etc
what is process theology?
acknowledges difference between science and the Bible
God is ‘in’ the universe not the ‘universe in God’
God is impotent
God persuades, not causes or stops
Bible is just a human document
What views can be applied to the statement:
‘the bible as being inspired by God but written by humans’
catholic
neo-orthodox
Catholic view on Bible written by humans but inspired by God
God’s holy spirit is main author but humans used on free will to write it
