Theo II Midterm Review Flashcards
definition of theology
study of God and everything in relation to God
since God is incomprehensible what language do we use for God
analogical
four major disciplines within theological studies
biblical, historical, philosophical, & systematic
first step in the theological method
prayer
the true form of what something is
archetype
ascribing to God humanlike emotions
anthropopathism
what field of theology studies the end of all things
eschatology
what field of theology studies the doctrine of the church
ecclesiology
what field of theology studies the doctrine of sin
hammartiology
is the doctrine of the Trinity primary, secondary, or tertiary
primary
doctrine that teaches that all three persons of the trinity are the SAME essence
homoosion
who denied the humanness of Jesus & argued that his ONE nature was divine
monophysites
Christology doctrine teaches that Jesus has two wills
dyotheletism
Christology doctrine that teaches the relationship between Jesus’s human and divine natures
communicatio idiomatum
doctrine that says Jesus laid down his glory to become human
kenotic Christology
doctrine that teaches us that during Jesus earthly humiliation, his divine nature was at work in the economic operation of the trinity
extra calvanisticum
Christological impeccability teaches:
Jesus was unable to sin
Christological error “Christ’s odium” teaches
in the atonement, the Father had a hatred of the Son
what does the heresy of adoption teach?
the Son was adopted into glory by the Father during his lifetime
Holy Spirit is best understood as
a person of the Trinity
what doctrine teaches that even though God is incomprehensible, he still wants to be known & makes an effort to communicate with us?
divine accommodation
what is the best location of the church?
the church
secondary level of theological triage
doesn’t define orthodoxy, but it affects fellowship
what is the Creator/creature distinction?
God is not only bigger, but is wholly separate and different with us.
three offices of Christ
priest, prophet, and king
[t/f] docetism says Jesus was poor in spirit and must remain a slave
FALSE; docetism says that Jesus’s humanity was an illusion and he appeared to be human but really wasn’t
early heresy in the Church that held Christ was two person (a human and a divine)
nestorianism
saw that God presented himself as three “modes”
sabellianism
“in Christ language”
Union with Christ
[t/f] apollinarianism is the christological heresy that says Jesus had a real physical body, but his mind soul & body were divine.
TRUE
deals with humanity of Jesus & its relation to the divinity of Jesus
chalcedonian creed
what controversy deals with question of whether Spirit processes from Father or the Father “and the Son”
filoque controversy
pneumatological heresy that states the spirit is not divine by virtue of the spirit not possessing creative power
pneumatomachians
the fact that the spirit testifies, teaches, leads, and prays shows us that the spirit is…
a person
what field of theology attempts to synthesize, summaries, and construct from other fields of theology?
systematic theology
what field of theology examines what certain authors had to say about certain doctrines?
biblical theology
primary person of the Triune God that we can appropriate scripture to is the:
Spirit
what argument shows the divinity of the Spirit?
baptismal formula
[t/f] best way to do theology is to gather all pertinent verses on the subject and work to summarize them.
FALSE
[t/f] while apostles were carried along by the Spirit, the prophets spoke through the Son.
FALSE
[t/f] Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God.
FALSE
does the Trinity has 3 distinct wills?
no
what doctrine was heavily discussed at the council of Chalcedon that dealt with Christ’s two natures coming together into his single person?
hypostatic union
what field of theology studies the doctrine of salvation
soteriology
reasons (4) to study theology
- Because we are already a theologian
- Theology helps us administer reality
- It edifies our soul as it clarifies
- To glorify God
