Theology - Vocab 17

Question 0

Millennium

Answer 0

Refers to the thousand year reign of Christ mentioned in Revelation 20:1-8. There are basically three understandings as to what this text teaches: premillennialism, postmillennialism, and amillennialism

Question 1

Middle knowledge

Answer 1

God knows reality and possible realities

Question 2

Modalism

Answer 2

One person, multiple views

Question 3

Modernity

Answer 3

Postenlightment, humanism

Question 4

Monism

Answer 4

Not two, but one single reality

Question 5

Monotheism

Answer 5

The belief in one God as opposed to belief in many gods

Question 6

Moral argument

Answer 6

Claims that morality presupposes the existence of God

Question 7

Mysticism

Answer 7

The belief and practice that seeks a personal, experiential knowledge of God by means of a direct, no abstract and loving encounter or union with God

Question 8

Naturalism

Answer 8

Same as materialism; matter is all that matters

Question 9

Neo-orthodoxy

Answer 9

Promoted a return to the basic principles of Reformation theology and the early church; while taking seriously the Enlightenment critique of orthodoxy and rejecting Protestant scholasticism