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”)