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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Textual criticism

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Examining Biblical manuscripts to determine which manuscript is closer to the actual original writings

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Hermeneutics

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The science of Bible interpretation

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Apocrypha

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Group of books written in the 1st and 2nd centuries B.C. that are not a part of the Bible

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Ambassador

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One who represents a person or group of people to another person or group of people

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Reconciled

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To be brought back together/ to repair a relationship

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Manuscript

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An ancient copy of a document

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Religious Pluralism

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The belief that all religions are the same in the end and all lead to the same god

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Total depravity

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The belief that sin has completely corrupted and ruined our human nature

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Ecumenical

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Involving multiple different religions

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Meta-narrative

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A big story that seeks to answer life’s ultimate questions of purpose

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Steward

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One who takes care of things or resources of another person

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Transcendentalism

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Believing that spiritual truth is found through personal intuition, and not the doctrines of a church or religion

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Allegorical interpretation

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A method of interpreting the Bible that spiritualizes the text in an effort to uncover a supposedly hidden meaning

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Inspiration

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God communicating the text of scripture to the biblical writers so that it contains his words, not theirs

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Sufficiency of Scripture

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Scripture contains all the information a person needs to live a life of godliness and relationship with God

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Council of Nicea

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Church council in A.D. 325 where the canon of scripture was first recognized in its plenary form

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Apostles’ creed

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Basic statement of Christian belief authored in A.D. 710

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Pantheism

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The belief that god is in and a part of everything

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Fiat creationism

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The belief in a literal, six day creation of the cosmos by God, as recorded in Genesis

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Theistic evolution

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The belief that God used the long process of evolutionary ages to create the cosmos

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Inerrancy

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The belief that the Bible contained no errors in its original manuscripts

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Bema judgment

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Time of reward for the church where Christian service on Earth is rewarded in heaven

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Great White Throne Judgement

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Future time of judgment for unbelievers where there lives will be judged by Christ

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Josephus

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1st century Jewish scholar who recorded information about the Jews and the church of his time

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Theological liberalism

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A belief system that does not view the scriptures as inerrant and undercuts sound Bible doctrine

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Imago Dei

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Latin for “the image of God”

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Monotheism

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A belief in one god

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Polytheism

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a belief in many gods

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Atheism

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The belief that there is no god

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Deism

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The belief that god exists, but he is distant from humanity and the reality of life on earth

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Agnostic

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The belief that we cannot know truth about God

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Unitarian Universalism

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The belief that every belief system is equally valid and all will go to be with God eventually

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Pentateuch

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The first five books of the Bible, all written by Moses

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Apostasy

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Falling away from the faith

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Eternal Security

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The idea that once a person is truly born again, they cannot ever lose their salvation

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Baptism

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A public acknowledgment that a person has decided to follow Christ

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Body of Christ

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Name given to the Church by Paul to illustrate how Christians should relate to each other

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Congregationalism

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The belief that a church should be ruled by the democratic vote of its members

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Elder rule

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The belief that a church should be ruled by a group of elders, whether elected or appointed

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Angels

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Intelligent creatures made by God to serve Him and carry out His will, who remain faithful to Him

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Demons

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Angels who chose to rebel against God with lucifer

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lucifer

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The highest created being, he rebelled against God and tried to take over heaven. AKA: satan/devil

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Election

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The doctrine that God chose certain people beforehand and appointed them to belief and faith

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Holy

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To be completely without sin

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Sin

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Rebellion against God where we choose our way instead of his way

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The Mosaic Law

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Name given to the set of commandments given to Israel by God to govern their life with Him

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Worship

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The act of ascribing ultimate worth and priority to something

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Salvation

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Deliverance from the power, penalty, and presence of sin

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Condemnation

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A negative judgment or sentence

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Repentance

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A feeling of godly sorrow for sin and a deliberate turning away from it

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Justice

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What is right, fair, and deserved

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Palestine

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the general geographic region involved in the Bible narrative. The area of Bible lands

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