Theological Terms Discussed in class and their Definitions Flashcards

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Synergism

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Man uses freewill to cooperate with God in salvation (We have a part in getting saved)

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Monergism

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God is the all-determining reality in Salvation

God does it all to save us

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Pelagianism

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Denies original sin and emphasizes man’s natural, moral abities

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Semi-Pelagianism

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Modified view of original sin but still believes man can initiate salvation

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Compatibilist free will

Calvanist

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free will that is compatible with God’s predetermination

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Noncompatibilist free will

Arminian

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free will to do whatever you want from rejecting God or accepting salvation

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the Image

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elements that enable the fulfillment of human destiny: personality, human interaction, thinking, reflecting, willing freely
It’s not what you have or are, but what you do

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Monism

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man is a single whole unit

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Dichotomy

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man is a physical being and an internal, immaterial being

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Trichotomy

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Man is body, soul, and spirit

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Cosmological Monism

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Only one kind of substance exists

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Materialistic Monism

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All reality is ultimately material or physical stuff

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Spiritualist Monism

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Everything is ultimately divine/spiritual stuff

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Anthropological Monism

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Man’s ontological nature is composed of only one kind of metaphysical stuff

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Body

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Physical being

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Soul

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Intellect, emotions, will

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Spirit

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Higher faculty that is in direct communication with God

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Preexistence Theory

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Souls of all people had a conscious, personal existence in a previous state

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Creationism theory

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Each soul was a direct creative act but without a Biblically specified timeline of when it was created

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Tranducianism

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All the souls that have ever existed or will exist were all in Adam and Eve and go forth from him through natural reproduction

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Cessationism

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Belief that miracles ceased with the apostles and their direct disciples

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Soteriology

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Since the Fall, God has set in motion a plan to redeem humanity and overcome evil

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Christology

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God has entered into our suffering through the cross of Jesus Christ

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Eschatology

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God is directing history toward the restoration of all things including creation