Test 1 Flashcards
What is Anthropology
the doctrine of man
Ex nihilo
out of nothing
Immediate creation
create without pre-existing materials
Mediate creation
create with pre-existing materials
Imago dei
image of God
Immorality
man has been created to exist somewhere forever
Dichotomy
man is a two-part being (body & soul, material & immaterial)
Trichotomy
man is a three-part being (body, soul, spirit)
Sovereignty
God’s right of ownership
Free moral agency
ability to make decisions; these are bona fide, actual, genuine choices, not merely the appearance of choices (aka free will)
Creation Theory
God creates the soul/spirit and places it into the developing body
Pre-existence Theory
God created all souls that would exist and placed them into Adam to be passed down each generation
Traducian Theory
soul/spirit is formed through procreation
What is Hamartiology
the doctrine of sin
What is death
separation (literally, “peel away”)
What is physical death
separation of the material (body) from the immaterial (spirit/soul)
What is spiritual death
separation of the immaterial (soul/spirit) from God because of sin
What is eternal death
separation of the immaterial (soul/spirit from God forever) (aka second death)
What is original sin
the first human sin and the sin which each person is conceived
What is the curse
the withholding of God’s blessing
Pelagian Theory of Headship
man sins by following Adam’s bad example
Semi-Pelagian/Arminian theory of headship
man is afflicted by a soul “sickness”
Mediate theory of headship
man becomes a sinner when the sinless soul is corrupted by contact with the sinful body
Realistic theory of headship
sin is inherited physically through Adam’s line
Federal theory of headship
guilt is imputed forensically/legally by God
Seminal theory of headship
sin nature is inherited physically, guilt is imputed by God
Corporate Personality
man is guilty by association with corrupt race; can bee redeemed by association with good of the race
Depravity
no part of man’s being is untouched by the corruption of sin
