Theology quizzes Flashcards
Which is an important ministerial function of systematic theology?
A sanctifying function.
A catechetical function.
An evangelistic function.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
One reason that Scripture is so important as a source of theology is that if people are on their own, God is incomprehensible (True or False)
True
Exegesis is the act whereby a reader places meaning into a text (True or False)
False
General revelation is essentially the same thing as science (True or False)
False
Why should we study systematic theology?
Systematic theology is possible.
Systematic theology helps in defense of the faith.
Systematic theology recognizes how humans naturally organize information.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
Which of the following is a problem of using tradition as a source of theology?
Modern churches do not have traditions.
Traditions always prevents one from understanding the Bible clearly.
Believing you need tradition can cause you to deny the clarity of Scripture.
All of the above.
None of the above.
Believing you need tradition can cause you to deny the clarity of Scripture.
Which is a function of reason in relationship to the Word of God?
Reason allows us to determine whether Scripture is right in what it says.
Reason allows us to judge whether we should listen to Scripture.
Reason helps us to understand God apart from Scripture.
All of the above.
None of the above.
None of the above
How are names important to how we relate to one another?
Names are inclusive.
Names allow for the intimacy of address.
Names refer without implying anything about an individual.
All of the above.
None of the above.
Names allow for the intimacy of address
Adonai appears as “Lord” in English Bibles (True or False)
True
Elohim (“God”) is often in cosmological contexts or contexts that emphasize His creative power (True or False)
True
Which is a truth of the Trinity?
Each person is a part of God.
There is one Person.
There is one God.
All of the above.
None of the above.
There is one God.
“Abba” means:
Almighty.
Yahweh saves.
Anointed one.
Daddy.
None of the above.
Daddy
“Jesus” means:
Almighty.
Yahweh saves.
Anointed one.
Daddy.
None of the above.
Yahweh saves
The term “Father” in the New Testament often focuses on:
God’s relationship to Christ of His people.
God’s origination of something.
God’s creation of something.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above.
The term “God” (theos) in the New Testament always refers to God the Father (True or False)
False
“Christ” means:
Almighty.
Yahweh saves.
Anointed one.
Daddy.
None of the above.
Anointed one
Some believe that something is a person if they can develop into a legal being (True or False)
False
Personhood appears to include, at least, an idea of relationship (True or False)
True
Which is a type of text you would expect to find if the Trinity is an accurate reflection of the Scriptural evidence?
Texts emphasizing plurality.
Texts emphasizing divine holiness.
Texts emphasizing divine love.
All of the above.
None of the above.
Texts emphasizing plurality
The doctrine of the Trinity was invented in the 5th or 6th century (True or False)
False
The role of the Spirit is typically:
Originator.
Planner.
Applier.
Mediator.
All of the above.
Applier
God is one in respect to:
Activity.
Personhood.
Substance.
Role.
None of the above.
Substance
The Holy Spirit reveals who Jesus really is, the Son of God (True or False)
True
To be able to develop a doctrine of the Trinity, you would expect to see texts in the Bible that focus on:
Theism and atheism.
Singularity and plurality.
God and man.
Creator and creation.
None of the above.
Singularity and plurality
A religious significance to the Trinity is:
Our understanding depends on it.
Our prayer depends on it.
Our relationship with God depends on it.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
A danger of using an analogy when explaining the Trinity is:
You can be on the edge of heresy.
It may make you think of God like you think of everyday things.
One could focus on the analogy instead of the Scriptural material about the Trinity.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above.
Trinity has theological significance because it is difficult to see how God could be a God of eternal love without it (True or False)
True
Augustine’s and Edward’s model of the Trinity is based on the analogy of the human body (True or False)
False
When Jesus refers to the Father being “greater”, this may refer to:
The fact that the Father is more important to the plan of salvation than He is.
The fact that the Father is in authority and sent Him.
The fact that the Father makes decisions that He does not agree with.
The fact that the Father is more divine than He is.
The fact that the Father is not involved with the world.
The fact that the Father is in authority and sent Him
The Son’s role is often understood as the author of salvation (True or False)
False
Which of the following is God sovereign over:
Suffering.
Hearts.
Judgment.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
Scripture often extols God’s omnipotence by claiming that nothing is “too hard” for Him (True or False)
True
God’s omnipotence means that He can do anything (True or False)
False
Omniscience means that God has experimental knowledge of all things (True or False)
False
God’s omniscience is connected directly to His knowledge of Himself (True or False)
True
God’s omnipresence means:
That one can rely on God no matter where one is.
That God is not limited by space.
That God can act where He chooses.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
Omnipresence means part of God is at every given place in the universe (True or False)
False
Immutability is not typically related to faithfulness, since a God who is faithful cannot be immutable (True or False)
False
Process theology holds that God develops with the world (True or False)
True
Aseity literally means “in another” (True or False)
False
Which of the following are true concerning God’s justice?
It includes remunerative justice.
It refers to the quality of consistently making right judgments.
It ensures that people get what is due to them.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
God’s righteousness means He is the ultimate standard of right and wrong (True or False)
True
Holiness, at its core, refers to:
Being pure.
Being unified.
Being purposeful.
Being set apart.
None of the above.
Being set apart
God’s revelation in conscience would be a case of special revelation (True or False)
False
We do not have a sustained conceptual treatment of the idea of revelation in Scripture (True or False)
True
It is a significant quality of general revelation that all individuals, in principle, can receive it (True or False)
True
Revelation explains why an individual needs others to help him interpret the Scriptural text (True or False)
False
The humanities cannot be seen as equivalent to general revelation because:
It focuses too much on God’s activity.
It is not available to all people.
It is unable to produce knowledge.
All of the above.
None of the above.
It is not available to all people
Which is not a case of revelation?
God’s disclosure in nature.
God’s disclosure in Jesus Christ.
God’s disclosure in Scripture.
God’s disclosure in human conscience.
God’s disclosure in scientific discovery.
God’s disclosure in scientific discovery
Which is Augustine’s view of integration?
Separate magisterium.
Postmodern coexistence.
Complete integration.
Faith seeking understanding.
None of the above.
Faith seeking understanding
The two views of how to translate the phrase “more fully confirmed” in 2 Peter 1:19 are:
The creedal and the confessional views.
The corporate and Catholic views.
The confirmative and comparative views.
The Christological and cosmological views.
None of the above.
The confirmative and comparative views
Compatibilism, in terms of inspiration, is:
The view that God told the writers of Scripture what to write, word for word.
The view that God wrote through the human authors, without setting aside their backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
The view that God motivated the human authors to write Scripture, but the human authors alone chose what was in their texts.
The view that God could not use human authors to write the Word of God.
None of the above.
The view that God wrote through the human authors, without setting aside their backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
The dictation theory of inspiration (i.e. the Arminian position) holds that God has no choice as to what words are in Scripture (True or False)
False
The word found in 2 Timothy 3:!6 that is translated “inspired
is, more literally, “God breathed” (True or False)
True
Which sense of inspiration is being used when theologians talk about the inspiration of the text?
The theological sense.
The philosophical sense.
The exegetical sense.
The interpretive sense.
None of the above.
The exegetical sense
Verbal plenary inspiration argues that some of the words of Scripture are inspired (True or False)
False
Which is a problem with the idea that :A human literature containing no error would indeed be a contradiction in terms, since nothing more human than to err.”?
Even though humans are invariably err, this does not mean that they always err in everything.
This would appear to attack Christ’s sinlessness or humanity.
One could be human without being sinful.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
Which is a factor that has contributed to the resurgent interest in bibliography?
Personal evangelism in the context of local ministry.
The recognition that inerrancy is the historic view of the church.
The centrality of Christ to the Christian faith.
All of the above.
None of the above.
None of the above
What has infallibility come to mean recently?
That Scripture has no errors.
That Scripture has no errors in reference to salvation and sanctification.
That Scripture cannot be translated.
That Scripture addresses all areas of life.
None of the above.
That Scripture has no errors in reference to salvation and sanctification
Postmodern hermeneutics tend to focus on the reader’s response (True or False)
True
What does inerrancy imply?
That Scripture may occasionally have human bias.
That Scripture is doctrinally consistent.
That authors of Scripture rarely conflict.
All of the above.
None of the above.
That Scripture is doctrinally consistent
“Ipsissima verba” refers to the exact voice of Jesus (True or False)
False
Technically, inspiration and inerrancy applies to:
All originals, copies, and translations of Scripture.
All originals and copies of Scriptures, but not translations.
All originals, but not copies and translations.
Only the message of the gospels.
None of the above.
All originals, but not copies and translations.
Inerrancy:
Is the historical view of the church.
Was developed in the 19th century by Princeton theologians.
Was a product of scholastic integration of philosophy and theology.
Was questioned from the early middle ages through the Enlightenment.
None of the above.
Is the historical view of the church
It is consistent with inerrancy that Scriptural writers use unusual grammatical constructions (True or False)
True
Which does inerrancy require?
Inerrancy requires complete historical precision.
Inerrancy requires the use of scientific language.
Inerrancy requires the use of only literal language.
All of the above.
None of the above.
None of the above
The internal testimony of the Holy Spirit helps to explain how sinful individuals can recognize Scripture as God’s Word (True or False)
True
Authority is the quality of Scripture whereby it is capable of doing everything that God intends for it (True or False)
False
Which is a proper source of confidence in the authority of Scripture?
Church authority.
Existential impact.
Rational evidences.
All of the above.
None of the above.
None of the above
The belief that experience can be an authoritative source of theology follows largely from existentialism and postmodernism (True and False)
True
Which is the definition of a gap theory?
Each day of creation was a 24 hour period.
The creation narrative was a myth.
There is a break in the creation narrative that contains a long period of time.
Each day of the creation narrative is really a long period of time.
None of the above.
There is a break in the creation narrative that contains a long period of time.
Which is an argument for a literal creation week?
The Hebrew word of “day” normally means a 24 hour period.
The phrase “evening and morning” points to a 24 hour day.
There is no evidence that the original readers could have understood it as anything but literal days.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
Creation ex nihilo:
Means God created out of nothing.
Opposes Greek theories of an eternal universe.
Is proven by the fact that all things were made through Christ.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above.
Which of the following theories believes that each day of the creation week was actually a long period of time?
Liberal Theories.
Day-Age Theory.
Gap Theory.
6 day Literal Creation.
None of the above.
Day-Age Theory
God declaring creation “very good” argues against:
Ascetic beliefs that the world is bad.
Hedonistic beliefs that the world is ultimate.
Beliefs that sin occurred during the creation week.
All of the above.
None of the above.
All of the above
The glory of God is:
The overall reason for creation.
Separable from redemption.
Never mentioned by Christ.
All of the above.
None of the above.
The overall reason for creation
Perhaps the biggest theological difficulty with evolution is the occurrence of death before sin (True or False)
True
In the Old Testament, the term “create” is never applied to humans (True or False)
True
Sabbath was created for humans and not for God (True or False)
True
Angels are finite spirits (True or False)
True
