Week 2

Question 1

Analogy of faith

Answer 1

A principle of interpretation that suggests that clearer passages of Scripture should be used to interpret more obscure or difficult passages

Question 2

Anglican, Anglicanism

Answer 2

Began in 17th century English Protestantism, a strong affinity to the worship and structure of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 3

Animism

Answer 3

Faithful worship of spirits

Question 4

Annihilationism

Answer 4

The belief that all the wicked will be judged by God and thrown into the lake of fire, where they will cease to exist.

Question 5

Anthropology

Answer 5

works about, or teaching concerning humankind

Question 6

anthropomorphism

Answer 6

A figure of speech used by writers of Scripture in which human physical characteristics are attributed to God for the sake of illustrating an important point

Question 7

Antichrist

Answer 7

Literally, “against Christ”

Question 8

Antiochene school

Answer 8

Practiced an approach to scriptural interpretation that emphasized the literal meaning of the text

Question 9

Apocalyptic Literature, apocalypticism

Answer 9

a genre or type of Jewish literature sought to disclose “heavenly secrets” concerning how the world would end and how the kingdom of God would suddenly appear to destroy the kingdom of evil.

Question 10

Apocalypse

Answer 10

unveiling