Theology - Vocab 20

Question 1

predestination

Answer 1

the sovereign determination and foreknowledge of God

Question 2

premillennialism

Answer 2

millennium follows Christ’s return

Question 3

presuppositionalism

Answer 3

any system of belief is built on certain foundational suppositions (unprovable assertions that must be believed)

Question 4

prevenient grace

Answer 4

the priority that God initiates grace

Question 5

priesthood of believers

Answer 5

no man that stands between God and man, save Jesus

Question 6

progressive revelation

Answer 6

God gave His full story over time

Question 7

prolegomenon

Answer 7

methodological questions found in opening sections of systematic theology, dealing with nature of theology and revelation

Question 8

propitiation

Answer 8

Jesus is our substitute

Question 9

providence

Answer 9

God’s superintending activity over human actions and history, bringing creation to its divinely determined goal

Question 10

purgatory

Answer 10

place of purification and maturation that one may need to enter after death before the perfected soul attains the “beatific vision”