unit 2 terms

Question 1

theology

Answer 1

the study of God

Question 2

dualism

Answer 2

The universe is governed by a balance of good and evil

Question 3

person

Answer 3

something that exists fully and completely in itself

Question 4

essence

Answer 4

the spiritual and independent nature of God

Question 5

theophany

Answer 5

the appearance of God in angelic or human form

Question 6

polytheism

Answer 6

belief in many gods

Question 7

monotheism

Answer 7

belief in one god

Question 8

triune

Answer 8

three in one

Question 9

essential attributes

Answer 9

attributes that help define a thing and are necessary for it to exist

Question 10

accidental attributes

Answer 10

attributes that describe a thing but do not define it

Question 11

anthropomorphism

Answer 11

describing God in terms of a human body or human organs

Question 12

anthropopathism

Answer 12

describing God in terms of human feelings or emotions

Question 13

transcendent

Answer 13

above and beyond all that is created

Question 14

immanent

Answer 14

close at hand in time and space

Question 15

omniscient

Answer 15

all knowing

Question 16

omnipotent

Answer 16

all powerful

Question 17

omnipresent

Answer 17

all present

Question 18

immutable

Answer 18

does not change

Question 19

revealed will

Answer 19

areas of God’s will that have been made known to us

Question 20

hidden will

Answer 20

areas of God’s will that have not been made known to us

Question 21

theistic evolution

Answer 21

God created the world by guiding the process of evolution

Question 22

intelligent design

Answer 22

the theory that life and the universe are so complex that an intelligent being had to have been responsible

Question 23

laws of nature

Answer 23

operating principles of the world that God established at creation

Question 24

providence

Answer 24

the means by which and through which God rules over all things

Question 25

preservation

Answer 25

God’s care for what he created

Question 26

immediate preservation

Answer 26

God’s direct care for his creation without using natural means (example: miracles)

Question 27

mediate preservation

Answer 27

God’s care for his creation using the means of natural laws and principles he built into creation

Question 28

concurrence

Answer 28

God’s cooperation with the actions and effects of his creation

Question 29

Material concurrence

Answer 29

God’s cooperation with the laws of nature

Question 30

Moral concurrence

Answer 30

God’s agreement with what happens

Question 31

will

Answer 31

what God wants

Question 32

foreknowledge

Answer 32

things God knows beforehand

Question 33

God’s decree

Answer 33

all things happen by God’s design

Question 34

God’s necessary will

Answer 34

things that had to happen

Question 35

God’s contingent will

Answer 35

things that could have happened differently

Question 36

God’s antecedent will

Answer 36

God’s will that goes before and is the primary cause of an event or human action (God causes something to happen)

Question 37

God’s consequent will

Answer 37

God’s will that comes after as a response to an event or human action (God acts in responds to something that happened)

Question 38

governance

Answer 38

God’s control over all things

Question 39

Euthenasia

Answer 39

the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering

Question 40

angels

Answer 40

beings created to be God’s messengers

Question 41

illocal presence

Answer 41

not subject to the limits of time or space

Question 42

homoousious

Answer 42

of the same substance/essence

Question 43

homoiousious

Answer 43

of a similar substance/essence

Question 44

posse non peccare

Answer 44

able to not sin

Question 45

non posse non peccare

Answer 45

not able to not sin

Question 46

non posse peccare

Answer 46

not able to sin