Theo mid term

Question 1

What is the class definition of “theology”?

Answer 1

Any thinking reflection, or contemplation on the reality of God even on the question of god.

Question 2

What are the legitimate sources for Christian theology?

Answer 2

Scripture, tradition, reason, experience

Question 3

What is General Revelation? What are some examples of General Revelation?

Answer 3

The rrevelation of God generally accessible to all people at all times.
Ps 19:1-2 Rom 1:20

Question 4

What is Special Revelation? What are some examples of Special Revelation?

Answer 4

The revelation of God given to particular people at particular times
Bible, dreams, visions, Jesus, the Word of God

Question 5

What doctrines of the bible did we discuss (be familiar with them)?

Answer 5

Inspiered
Authoritative
Inherrant
infallible

Question 6

The doctrines of biblical Authority, Infallibility, and Inerrancy are all corollaries of which other doctrine?

Answer 6

That the bible in inherrant

Question 7

What is the structure of the English Old Testament (think 5-12-5-5-12)? What do those numbers represent?

Answer 7

5 total parts with books within, Torah (5books), History (12 books), poetry and wisdom (5books), major prophets (5 books), minor prophets (12 books)

Question 8

What is the structure of the English New Testament (think 4-1-21-1)? What do those numbers represent?

Answer 8

4 total parts with books within, Gospels ( 4 books), History ( 1book), Letters ( 21 books), Revelations (1 book)

Question 9

What are the primary names for God in the Hebrew Bible? What do they signify?

Answer 9

Elohim: God of gods, crerator and sustainer
Adonai: Lord; has authority over humanity
Yahweh: I AM; sacred and personal name, tetragrammaton, the name

Question 10

What is God’s personal name in the Hebrew Bible?

Answer 10

Yahweh

Question 11

What are the attributes of God (make sure you understand each one, communicable and incommunicable)?

Answer 11

Incommunicable: charracterristics that God does not share with finite humanity.
Self-existant: God has being in himself, God is not contigent on anyone for his existance, he is not dependent on anything outside of himself.
Self sufficient; nothing is lacking within god himself
Free: Ps 115:3; Isa: 12-14
Simple
God is one
Immutable
Impassinle: but impassioned
Eternal: Everlasting
Omniscient: All knowing, God knowing everything, things actual and possible, effortlessly and equally well.
Omnipotent: All-powerrful,
Omnipresent:

Communicable: characteristics with chich we can more directly identify, who is gos like
True
Wise
Holy: moral perfection in scripture
Just
Good
Faithful
Love
Mercy

Question 12

If God is omniscient, does that mean that everything in this world is predetermined?

Answer 12

In the eyes of the bible we are given free will, so everything in the world in not prre-determines

Question 13

What is the difference between “eternal” and “everlasting”?

Answer 13

Eternal vs. everlasting
Eternal means that it has not beginning and no end, but everlasting means it has a beginning but no end.

Question 14

According to Christian theology, in what way(s) is God said to be true?

Answer 14

1) He is the true God
2) He is true in his essence
3) His words/promises are ture

Question 15

What does the title “Messiah/Christ” mean?

Answer 15

Annointed one

Question 16

What does the title “Son of God” signify?

Answer 16

It is the less divine title of Jesus

Question 17

What does the name “Jesus” mean?

Answer 17

Yhawah saves: dies for our sins

Question 18

What does the title “Immanuel” mean?

Answer 18

God with us

Question 19

What is Jesus’ favorite title for himself? What does it signify?

Answer 19

Son of Man: more divine and fulfills the 2 major messianic expectations

Question 20

What were the two major messianic expectations leading up to the time of Christ?

Answer 20

1) Matt 26:63-64: you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of the Mightly One and coming on the clouds of heaven
2) Acts 7:54-56: I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God

Question 21

What biblical data suggests that Jesus is God?

Answer 21

John’s prologue
John 8:56-58
John 20-28

Question 22

What does the biblical term “firstborn” mean?

Answer 22

The firstborn gets the right to the father’s earning

Question 23

What does kenosis refer to?

Answer 23

The reunification of the divine nature at least in part, Christ in the incarnation

Question 24

What is the difference between “absolute” and “predicated” I AM statements in John’s Gospel? What do each of them signify?

Answer 24

in their predicated form, the “I am” sayings are Christological in nature, but they are not meant to claim for Jesus a divine status like the absolute sayings. Rather a connection to some important image or theme from Israel’s Scriptures is in view.

Question 25

In Matthew’s Gospel, what is the message preached by both John the Baptist and Jesus (Answer: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”)

Answer 25

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near

Question 26

Which traits suggest the personhood of the Holy Spirit?

Answer 26

Other coundelor/advocate

Question 27

According to Matthew’s Gospel, can blasphemy against the Holy Spirit be forgiven?

Answer 27

no

Question 28

What biblical data suggests that the Holy Spirit is God?

Answer 28

Baptismal formula

Question 29

What are the functions of the Holy Spirit?

Answer 29

Creation, convicts the world regarding sin, righteousness and judgment, regeneration, New birth(into gods family) empowerment to live righteously, ipartation of eternal life, sealing of the spirit; sown payment, baptism of the spirit, indwelling of the spirit, filling the spirit, anointing,

Sanctification: positional, progressive, future, final perfection in the life to come

Question 30

What is the class definition of “sanctification

Answer 30

To make holy, set apart for as sacred to God

Question 31

What do “positional”, “progressive”, and “future” sanctification refer to?

Answer 31

Positional: the state of the Christian
Progressive: the act of becoming holy
Future: final perfection in the life to come

Question 32

What is the class definition of the holy “trinity”?

Answer 32

The one true God eternally exist as three persons Father, Son, and Holy Spirit equal in nature in glory, and distinct relations.

Question 33

About how many times are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit mentioned in the same place in the New Testament?

Answer 33

120 times

Question 34

What does perichoresis refer to?

Answer 34

Mutual indwelling of the god head

Question 35

On the so-called “path to Nicaea,” which is the earliest Christian creed that we discussed?

Answer 35

Apostles Creed

Question 36

What are the Trinitarian Controversies that we discussed in class (be familiar with all of them: Adoptionism, Apollinarianism, Arianism, Docetism, Ebionism, Eutychianism, Modalism, Monarchianism, Nestorianism, Sabellianism)?

Answer 36

Adoptionism: Dynamic Monarchianism; jusus was adopted by god at his baptim because he was living an honorable life
Apollinarianism: soul patch: jesus was always divine; jesus was made man
Arianism: There was a time when the son was not
Docetism: jesus is only God
Ebioism: Jesus is just a man
Eutychianism: jesus’s human nature was somehow overcome by the divine nature
Modalism: Modalistic Monarchianism; God exist as a single person but reveals himself in a plurality of modes.
Monarchianism: Wanting to protect the unity
Nestorianism: radically divided two natures of Christ to the point where it seemed like they were two persons
Sabellianism: extreme Monarchianism; claimed that the god manifested as the Father in the OT, the son in the NT, and the Holy Spirit at pentecost

Question 37

Amidst the trinitarian controversies, what councils took place (be familiar with them)?

Answer 37

Council of Nicea (325ce)
Council of Chalcedon (451ce)

Question 38

Which religious philosophy suggested that Jesus was only a man (and not God)?

Answer 38

Ebionism

Question 39

Which religious philosophy suggested that Jesus was only divine (and simply seemed like a man)?

Answer 39

Eutychianism

Question 40

What is Patripassianism?

Answer 40

The father entered Mary’s Womb

Question 41

The fater entered Mary’s Womb

Answer 41

The fater entered Mary’s Womb

Question 42

Why did Gregory of Nazianzus have a problem with Apollinarianism?

Answer 42

Because what is not assumed is not healed

Question 43

Which religious philosophy suggests that Jesus’s nature was a mix of humanity and divinity, such that He was somehow not fully human nor fully divine?

Answer 43

Apollinarianism