Theological Terms, Ungrouped

Question 1

expiation

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1. the means by which atonement or reparation is made.
2. Guilt is said to be expiated when it is visited with punishment falling on a substitute. Expiation is made for our sins when they are punished not in ourselves but in another who consents to stand in our room. It is that by which reconciliation is effected. Sin is thus said to be “covered” by vicarious satisfaction. The cover or lid of the ark is termed in the LXX hilasterion, that which covered or shut out the claims and demands of the law against the sins of God’s people, whereby he became “propitious” to them. The idea of vicarious expiation runs through the whole Old Testament system of sacrifices.

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accommodation

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adoption

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adoptionism

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analogy of faith

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apologetics

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apostasy

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atonement

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biblical theology

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canon

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catechism

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Christendom

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Christocentrism

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church militant

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church triumphant

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clergy

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conversion

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creed

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doctrine

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dogma

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eisegesis

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episcopacy

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ex nihilo

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exegesis

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expiation

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free will

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glossilalia

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heresy

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Question 31

hypostatic union

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Question 32

illumination

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Question 33

immaculate conception

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imputation

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Question 35

inerrancy

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infallibility

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inspiration

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Question 38

invisible church

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Question 39

justification

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kenosis

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kerygma

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Question 42

limited atonement

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Question 43

original sin

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Question 44

ousia

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parousia

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Question 47

penal substitution

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Question 48

progressive revelation

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Question 49

providence

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Question 50

rapture

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Question 51

regeneration

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soteriology

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theodicy

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theopneustos

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Question 55

vicarious atonment

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Question 56

visible church

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Question 58

gematria

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Gematria is the study of the numeric equivalents of Hebrew and Greek letters, a favourite method of exegesis used by medieval Kabbalists to derive mystical insights into sacred writings or obtain new interpretations of the texts.Of the 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, the first ten are given number values consecutively from one to ten, the next eight from 20 to 90 in intervals of ten, while the final four letters equal 100, 200, 300, and 400, respectively. More complicated methods have been used, such as employing the squares of numbers or making a letter equivalent to its basic value plus all numbers preceding it.

Hebrew gēmaṭriyā; Greek geōmetría- “geometry”

Question 59

heterodoxy

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Heterodoxy is a set of beliefs or opinions that are not in agreement with accepted doctrinal beliefs of a church. The word is derived from “hetero” which means “other” of a different type and “doxa”which means opinion.

Question 60

impeccability

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Impeccability, when speaking of God, means the inability to sin. Christ was impeccable in that he could not sin and he did not sin.

Question 61

liturgy

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—n pl -gies
1. the forms of public services officially prescribed by a Church

Latin liturgia “public service, public worship,” from Greek leitourgia “a liturgy; public duty, ministration, ministry.”

Question 62

occult

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—adj

1. of or characteristic of magical, mystical, or supernatural arts, phenomena, or influences
   b. (as noun): the occult
2. beyond ordinary human understanding
3. secret or esoteric

from Latin occultus “hidden, concealed, secret,” from ob “over” + a verb related to celare “to hide”

Question 63

sacrament

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an outward sign combined with a prescribed form of words and regarded as conferring some specific grace upon those who receive it. The Protestant sacraments are baptism and the Lord’s Supper. In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Churches they are baptism, penance, confirmation, the Eucharist, holy orders, matrimony, and the anointing of the sick (formerly extreme unction).

from Latin sacrāre to consecrate

Question 64

Tetragrammaton

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Sometimes shortened to: Tetragram the Hebrew name for God revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3), consisting of the four consonants Y H V H (or Y H W H) and regarded by Jews as too sacred to be pronounced. It is usually transliterated as Jehovah or Yahweh.

from Greek, from tetragrammatos having four letters, from tetra- “four” + gramma “letter”

Question 65

uncial

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of, relating to, or written in majuscule (a large letter, either capital or uncial, used in printing or writing; from Latin mājusculus, diminutive of mājor bigger, major) letters, as used in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the third to ninth centuries, that resemble modern capitals, but are characterized by much greater curvature and inclination and general inequality of height

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from Latin uncialis “of an inch, of an ounce,” from uncia “a twelfth part”. In reference to letters, it is attested from 1712, from Late Latin litterae unciales (Jerome), probably meaning “letters an inch high,” from Latin uncialis “of an inch, inch-high.”

Question 66

Vestigia Trinitatis

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Vestigia Trinitatas was developed by Augustine and holds that there are signs of the Trinity in all of creation. These signs are not illustrations for the Trinity, but rather an imprint of the Trinity made during creation. The common Augustinian example was the mind. The concept of vestigia trinitatas continued in its development during the Medieval time period by theologians such as St. Francis Bonaventure. Bonaventure taught that there was a difference between the vestiges and the likeness and image of the Trinity.

Question 67

Ordo Salutis

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Latin for “order of salvation.” Theologically it is the order of decrees by God in bringing about the salvation of individuals. In the Reformed camp, the ordo solutis is 1) election, 2) predestination, 3) calling, 4) regeneration, 5) faith, 6) repentance, 7) justification, 8) sanctification, and 9) glorification. In the Arminian camp, the ordo soluits is 1) calling, 2) faith, 3) repentance, 4) regeneration, 5) justification, 6) perseverance, 7) glorification.

Question 68

concupiscence

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strong desire, esp sexual desire

from Church Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscere to covet ardently, from cupere to wish, desire

Question 69

propitiation

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1. to appease or make well disposed; appease, satisfy, conciliate
2. that by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., by which it becomes consistent with his character and government to pardon and bless the sinner. The propitiation does not procure his love or make him loving; it only renders it consistent for him to execise his love towards sinners.

Question 70

vicarious

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performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another

from Latin vicārius substituted, from vicis interchange