Test 1 Flashcards
Special revelation
Evers to God’s revelation in the Bibie
General revelation
Is the way God shows himself in nature
What is the proper division of the books in the Hebrew Bible
Law, prophets, and writings
Holy books and their world religions
Islam: Quran
Judaism: Hebrew Bible/Tanakh (Old Testament)
Christianity: bible
Who teaches verbal dictation if their holy book?
Islam
Theology means?
“Theos” meaning God & “logos” meaning word of teaching
-it can be used in a general sense as “speaking about”,but also in the professional sense as a description of the disciple of doing theology on a professional level. Finally, it may refer to God’sown teaching about himself
Typical traits of nature/fertility religions
- Gods for every section of nature lead to many gods/polytheism
- rituals trying to seek oneness with nature
- worship of Baal & Astrate in the Old Testament
- Religion of North American Indians
Testament & diathermy have double meanings what are they?
Will and covenant
How many books are canonized & accepted by the Protestent community?
66
Sola Scriptura
“By the Scripture alone” refers to the Scripture as the primary authority of the truth. The preposition “by” (instrumental ablative) implies that all other claims to truth have to be tested by principles from Scripture-they do not have to be explicitly stated in Scripture
What was the Old Testament Canon originally written in?
Hebrew & Aramaic
The New Testament Canon was originally written in what language?
Greek
Revelation
God revels specifically the message, truth/teaching/thoughts, to a person
Inspiration
The Holy Spirit inspires that person to communicate the message received in writing
Illumination
The Holy Spirit comes to our aid when reading the Bible and illuminates our minds
