Vocab Test 1

Question 1

The intellectual assent to or acceptance of a theological truth

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Assensus

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Refers both to the damaged relationship between God and humans and to the corruption of human nature such that there is within every human an ongoing tendency toward sin

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Depravity

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Refers to the Spirit’s application of grace such that an individual receives forgiveness of sin and eternal life

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Effectual Calling

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Any theory that argues that salvation is found only in and through Jesus Christ to the exclusion of all other religions or beliefs; also generally argues that Christ must be believed upon and explicitly confessed in order for a person to qualify for salvation

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Exclusivism

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The belief that sin is canceled out by being covered over; suggests that Christ’s death covers our sins

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Expiation

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Literally means “trust”; In Latin, refers to the essential nature of faith; that is, to exercise faith is to engage in trust or commitment

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Fiducia

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A biblical term that literally means “to know in advance”

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Foreknowledge

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Speaks of God’s loving actions toward creation and toward humankind in particular; the generous overflow of the love of God the Father toward the Son, Jesus Christ; This love is most clearly demonstrated to humans through God’s selfless giving of Jesus to enable people to enter into a loving relationship with God as the Holy Spirit enables them

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Grace

Question 9

The characteristic of being unable to sin or being completely free from sin

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Impeccability

Question 10

A transfer of benefit or harm from one individual to another; may be used negatively to refer to the transfer of the sin and guilt of Adam to the rest of humankind; positively, refers to the righteousness of Christ being transferred to those who believe on Him for salvation

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Imputation

Question 11

A theory of salvation that suggests that although God saves people only on the merits of Christ, not all who are saved have consciously known of Jesus or heard of the gospel; God saves those who, although they have not heard of Jesus, nevertheless, respond to the best of their knowledge to the revelation of God available to them

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Inclusivism

Question 12

First decree is that God decrees to glorify Himself through the creation of man, second decree is to permit the fall, third decree is that God will elect some to salvation and permit the reprobation of others, fourth decree is to provide salvation for the elect through Christ

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Infralapsarian

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Refers to the divine act whereby God makes humans, who are sinful and therefore worthy of condemnation, acceptable before a God who is holy and righteous; this key doctrine of the Reformation asserts that a sinner is pardoned from the punishment and condemnation of sin and brought into relationship with God by faith in God’s grace alone

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Justification

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“Ekenosen” in Greek; Refers to the self-emptying of Christ in the incarnation, as well as His conscious acceptance of obedience to the divine will that led Him to death by crucifixion

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Kenosis

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Sometimes called “particular redemption,” the view that Jesus’ death secured salvation for only a limited number of persons (the elect), in contrast to the idea that the work of the cross is intended for all humankind

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Limited Atonement

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The philosophical theory that asserts that God knows all possible events and all theoretical truths, as well as all actual events and truths; Suggests that God knows not only what humans actually do but also what humans would do under hypothetical circumstances

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Middle Knowledge

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The trinitarian heresy that does not view Father, Son, and Spirit as three particular “persons in relation” but merely as three modes or manifestations of the one divine person of God; Thus, God comes in salvation history as Father to create and give the law, as Son to redeem and as Spirit to impart grace

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Modalism

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Latin for knowledge of, or acquaintance with, something or someone; In theology, refers to one aspect of faith; To believe in Christ a person must first become acquainted with the gospel message

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Notitia

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Latin, meaning “order of salvation,” that is, the succession of events in God’s salvific program

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Ordo Salutis

Question 20

The ability to sin

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Peccability

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The division of Christian doctrine dealing with the Holy Spirit; The word arises from Greek words that mean spirit and the teaching about; Explores the person and work of the Spirit, especially the Spirit’s involvement in human salvation

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Pneumatology

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Though often thought to be synonymous with common grace, refers more specifically to the Wesleyan idea that God has enabled all people everywhere to respond favorably to the gospel if they so choose

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Prevenient Grace

Question 23

An offering that turns away the wrath of God directed against sin

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Propitiation

Question 24

The process by which sinful humans are “brought back” from the bondage of sin into relationship with God through grace by the “payment” of Jesus’ death

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Redemption

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A biblical motif of salvation that emphasizes the rebirth or re-creation of fallen human beings by the indwelling Holy Spirit

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Regeneration

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Literally, “the study of salvation”; This topic within the corpus of systematic theology deals with the work of the triune God in bringing creation, and especially humans, to enjoy the divine purpose for existence

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Soteriology

Question 27

The first decree is God’s decree to glorify Himself through the creation of man, second decree is to permit the fall, third decree is to provide salvation that is sufficient for all through Christ, fourth decree is to save the elect and reprobate others based on their response (the fall comes before the decision to save)

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Sublapsarian

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A calvinistic view of predestination that maintains that in the “logical order of divine decrees” God decreed the election of some persons and the reprobation of others before allowing the Fall of Adam; the emphasis is on God’s predestination of uncreated and unfallen humans rather than on created and fallen humanity; leads to the idea of double predestination in which God has chosen to glorify himself by predestining certain persons to eternal life and others to eternal condemnation

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Supralapsarian

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Known historically as apokatastasis, the belief that all persons will be saved; involves the affirmation of universal salvation and the denial of eternal punishment; the belief that ultimately all humans are somehow in union with Christ and that in the fullness of time they will gain release from the penalty of sin and be restored to God

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Universalism

Question 30

Literally, “in place of”; Hence in that Jesus died “for us,” that is, took on Himself the consequences of human sin, theologians often speak of His sacrificial, substitutionary death as “__” atonement

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Vicarious