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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Agnosticism

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The view that the existence of God or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable

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Anabaptist

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Christian’s who believe that baptism is valid only when the candidate confesses his or her faith in Christ and wants to be baptized. This believe is opposed to the baptism of infants, who cannot make a conscious decision to be baptized

  • “one who baptizes again”
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Annihilationism

Extinctionism is not destructionism

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The belief that after the final judgement some human beings and all fallen angels (all the damned) will be totally destroyed so as to not exist, or that their consciousness will be extinguished, rather than suffer everlasting torment in hell

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Arianism

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Christogical concept which asserts the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who was begotten by the Father at a point in time, is distinct from the Father and is therefore subordinate to the Father (first attributed to Arius)

  • denies divinity of Christ
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Arminianism (?)

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The belief that, although God dies for everyone, we choose God rather than predestination

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Atheism

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Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods

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Atonement

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An act that reconciles God and humanity - usually applies to Jesus’ death on the cross

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Calvinism (Reformed)

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Belief in predestination, total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, TULIP; scripture + tradition/Church, but scripture > tradition

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Cessation

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Doctrine that spiritual gifts such as speaking in tongues, prophecy and healing ceased with the apostolic age

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Charismatic

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Umbrella term used to describe those Christians who believe that the manifestations of the Holy Spirit seen in the first century Christian Church, such as healing, miracles, and speaking in tongues, are available to contemporary Christians and ought to be experienced and practiced today

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Christology

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Branch of Christian theology relating to the person, nature, and role of Christ.

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Conditionalism (conditional immortality)

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Concept of special salvation in which the gift of immorality is attached to (conditional upon) belief in Jesus Christ

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Christie Victor (Christ the Victor)

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Theory of atonement that states Christ’s death defeated the powers of evil, which had held humankind in their dominion

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Credobaptism (Believer’s Baptism)

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From the Latin word credo meaning “I believe” - Christian practice of baptism only when an individual is able to make a profession of faith (understood by many evangelical denominations, particularly those that descend from the Anabaptist and English Baptist)

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Deism

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Belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

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Depravity (total)

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Our inability or powerlessness to remedy our sinful condition by ourselves.

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Determinism

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Doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will, some philosophers have taken determinism to imply that individual human beings have no free will and cannot be held morally responsible for their actions.

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Dispensationalism

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A kind of biblical interpretation that understands God’s plan of salvation for Jews as different from his plan of salvation for gentiles (“dispensation” is a way of working out a plan and “dispensing” something to others - in this case salvation)

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Docetism

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Doctrine (important in Gnosticism) that Christ’s body was not human but either a phantasm or of real but celestial substance, therefore his sufferings were only apparent

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Dogma

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Specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church (canon, law)

  • derived from Latin meaning “philosophical tenet”
  • Greek meaning “that which one thinks is true”
  • “dokein”(Greek dokeo) “to seem good”
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Ecclesiology

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a) the study of churches, especially church building and decoration
b) theology as applied to the nature and structure of the Christian Church

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Election

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Refers to God’s choosing of individuals or peoples to be the objects of his grace or to otherwise fulfill his purposes

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Eschatology

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The study of the final things - the culmination and consummation of God’s plan and way of dealing with the world

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Eucharist

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Literally meaning “thanksgiving”.

Another word for the Lord’s Supper or “communion”; used in sacramental churches

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Evangelical

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Worldwide, transdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity which maintains that belief that the essence of the gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ’s atonement

“Born again” experience, authority of the Bible ad God’s revelation to humanity, and spreading the Christian message is central.

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Ex Nihilo (out of nothing)

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The belief that God creates this world out of nothing

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Expiation

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An effect of Jesus’s death on the cross in which humanity’s sinfulness is covered over and set aside so that reconciliation between God and humanity can take place (atonement)

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Fideism

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Doctrine that says knowledge depends on faith or revelation

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Fundamentalism

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Form of religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of Scripture

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Glorification

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The future transformation of saved persons in which we will be like Christ in every way

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Gnosticism

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A heresy which is made god a diverse set of beliefs. It is the teaching based on the idea of ghosis (Koine Greek word meaning “secret knowledge”), or knowledge of transcendence arrived at by way of internal, intuitive means

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Hypostatic Union

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The combination of divine and human natures in the single person of Christ

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Imago Dei

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The “image of God” in humans by which they reflect something of God in a limited and imperfect way

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Immanence

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God’s presence in and with Creation. Not a spatial concept but a relational concept that espressos God’s gracious involvement with the world of nature and history.

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Immutable

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Unchanging over time or unable to be changed

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Imputation (counted, reckoned)

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Attributing of actions to a source

I.e. the sin of Adam is imputed to all of his descendants and righteousness of Christ is imputed to them that believe in him (attributes to them and considered their own) and our sin is imputed to Christ (took our law-place and the demand of justice for our sins)

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Incarnation

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The divinity or deity of Jesus Christ in which he is God in human flesh.

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Inerrancy

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The Bible’s “inerrancy” means that the information it provides is accurate to the extent that is necessary to serve the purposes of its author (inerrant - without error; trustworthy)

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Infallibility

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Not liable to deceive; trustworthy (Biblical infallibility is the belief that what the Bible says regarding matters of faith and Christian practice is wholly useful and true

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Infused (righteousness/grace)

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Refers to the Roman Catholic doctrine of Justification (I.e. right standing before God)

Within this view, justification is seen as a “process” contrasted to the Protestant view of a moment-in-time forensic declaration by God that the sinner is righteous

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Inspiration

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The work of the Holy Spirit in influencing the authors and compilers of scripture to produce writings that adequately reflect what God desires to communicate to us.

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Justification

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An aspect of salvation in which we are declared righteous by God even when we are still sinners (standing right before God)

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Kenosis

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The renunciation of the divine nature, at least in part, by Christ in the Incarnation

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Liberalism

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Political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality

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Monergism

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Position that God, through the Holy Spirit in Christianity, works to bring about salvation of an individual through spiritual regeneration, irrespective of the individuals cooperation.

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Monotheism

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Belief in one God who is personal, transcendent (other than the world) and immanent (present with the world)

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Monophysitism

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Asserts that in the person of Jesus Christ there was only one, divine nature rather than two natures, divine and human (as asserted at the council of Chalcedon in 451)

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Omnipotence

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The quality of having unlimited or very great power

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Omnipresence

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The state of being widespread or constantly encountered (the presence of God everywhere at the same time)

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Omniscience

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The state of knowing everything.

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Open theism

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Thesis that, because God loves us and desires that we freely choose to reciprocate His love, he has made his knowledge of, and plans for, the future conditional upon our actions. Though omniscient, God does not know what we will freely do in the future.

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Original sin (ancestral sin)

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Christian doctrine of humanity’s state of sin resulting from the fall of man, stemming from Adam And Eve’s rebellion in Eden, namely the sin of disobedience is consuming from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Orthodoxy

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Authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice

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Paedobaptism

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Infant baptism

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Pantheism

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A doctrine that identifies God with the universe, regards the universe as a manifestation of God.

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Panentheism

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The belief or doctrine that God is greater than the universe and includes and interpenetrates it

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Parousia

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An Ancient Greek work meaning presence, arrival, or official visit

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Pelagianism

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Belief that original sin did not taint human nature and that mortal will is still capable of choosing good or evil without special divine aid

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Penal-substitution (forensic theory)

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Theory of atonement within Christianity theology, developed by reformed tradition

Arguing that Christ, by his own sacrificial choice, was punished (penalized) in the place of sinners (substitution), can justly forgive the sins.

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Eternal security (perseverance of the saints)

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A teaching that asserts that once persons are truly “born to God” or “regenerated” by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, nothing in heaven or earth “shall be able to separate (them) from the love of God” (Romans 8:39) resulting in a reversal of the concerted condition.

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Polytheism

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Belief in more than one God or divine being

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Postmodernism

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Broad movement that developed in the mid-to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture and criticisms which marked a departure from modernism

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Predestination

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Divine forordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others (associated with the teachings of St. Augustine of Hippo and if Calvin)

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Prevenient grace

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It is diving grace that precedes human decision. It exist prior to and without reference to anything humans may have done

Concept rooted in Arminian theology, though it appeared earlier in Catholic Theology

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Priesthood of believers

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Protesters believe that through Christ they have been given direct access to God, just like a priest; thus the doctrine is called the priesthood of all believers.

God is equally accessible to all the faithful, and every Christian has equal potential to minister for God (universal priesthood)

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Propitiation

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The action of propitiating or appeasing a god, Spirit, or person - atonement, especially that of Jesus

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Protestant

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A member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the reformation including Baptists, Presbyterians, and Lutheran churches.

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Rapture

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Refers to the controversial “predicted” end time event when all Christian believers - living and resurrected dead - will rise into the sky and join Christ for eternity

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Reconciliation

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A result of Jesus’s mission in which the enmity or hostility between God and humanity is overcome and set aside so that they can have a good relationship.

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Regeneration

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The aspect of salvation that is often called “born again”. The Holy Spirit effects a new, reconciled relationship between the person and God

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Righteousness

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The quality of being morally right or justifiable

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Sacrament

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An outward and visible sign of an inward, invisible grace. Sacramental Protestant churches recognize two sacraments: baptism and the Lord’s super (Eucharist). The Roman Catholic Church recognizes seven sacraments, including those two plus marriage, ordination, confirmation, last rites, and confession (penance)

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Salvation

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The spirit’s work in bringing us into full conformity with the likeness of Jesus Christ. It involves various aspects, all of which are the works of God’s grace.

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Sanctification

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The ongoing process whereby the Holy Spirit makes us Holy by setting us apart, transforming us into the likeness of Christ, and leading us into service to God

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Sola Scriptura (by scripture alone)

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Doctrine which holds that the Christian Scriptures are the sole infallible rule of faith and practice

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Soteriology

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The doctrine of salvation

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Synergism

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Position of those who hold that salvation involves some form of cooperation between divine grace and human freedom

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Theodicy

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The vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil

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Tribulation

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A state of great trouble or suffering

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Universalism

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Belief that in the end God will reconcile everyone to himself and gather everyone into fellowship with him.

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Westleyen Quadrilateral (Methodist Quadrilateral)

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Methodology for theological reflection that is credited to John Wesley, leader of Methodist movement in the late 18th century. The term itself was coined by 20th century American Methodist Scholar AlbertC. Outlet.

States that the ways we know God are through scripture, tradition, experience, and reason.

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