Week 8 Glossary

Question 1

Refers to the thousand-year reign of Christ mentioned in Revelation 20:1-8.

Answer 1

Millennium

Question 2

Any antidualist philosophy that appeals to one unifying principle to explain all that is.

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Monism

Question 3

Belief in one God as opposed to belief in many gods.

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Monotheism

Question 4

Attribute that refers to God’s ability to do whatever is consistent with God’s own character and being in effecting the divine plan for creation.

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Omnipotence

Question 5

Attribute that denotes God’s knowing all things.

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Omniscience

Question 6

“Right praise” or “right belief” characterized by consistency in belief and worship with the Christian faith.

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Orthodoxy

Question 7

Belief that God and the universe are essentially identical.

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Pantheism

Question 8

Greek word used to refer to the second coming of Jesus Christ at the end of history. Means “presence.”

Answer 8

Parousia

Question 9

Suggests that there are many paths to and expressions of truth about God and several equally valid means to salvation.

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Pluralism

Question 10

Division of Christian doctrine dealing with the Holy Spirit

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Pneumatology

Question 11

View that Christ’s second coming will follow the millennium.

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Postmillennialism

Question 12

Sovereign determination and foreknowledge of God.

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Predestination

Question 13

View that the millennium follows the return of Christ.

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Premillennialism

Question 14

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

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Propitiation

Question 15

Refers to God’s superintending activity over human actions and human history, bringing creation to its divinely determined goal.

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Providence

Question 16

A change in relationship or attitude from enmity to peace; the cessation of hostility in attitude or action

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Reconciliation

Question 17

Process by which sinful humans are “bought back” from the bondage of sin into relationship with God through grace by the “payment” of Jesus’ death.

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Redemption

Question 18

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

Question 19

Refers both to the process by which God discloses the divine nature and the mystery of the divine will and purpose to human beings, and to the corpus of truth disclosed.

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Revelation

Question 20

“To be set apart” from common use, “to be made holy.”

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Sanctification

Question 21

“The study of salvation” 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 22

Biblical concept of God’s kingly, supreme rule and legal authority over the entire universe.

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Sovereignty

Question 23

God’s divine self-revelation evidenced specifically in salvation history and culminating in the incarnation as understood through scripture.

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Special revelation

Question 24

Attempt to summarize religious truth or the belief system of a religious group (such as Christianity) through an organized system of thought.

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Systematic theology

Question 25

Argument for the existence of God based on the seemingly purposeful order of the universe that suggests the world is the work of a “Master Architect” rather than the result of chance.

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Teleological argument

Question 26

Response to the problem of evil in the world that attempts logically, relevantly, and consistently to defend God as simultaneously omnipotent, all-loving, and just despite the reality of evil.

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Theodicy

Question 27

Attribute of God that refers to being wholly and distinctly separate from creation. Means that God is “above “the world and comes to creation from “beyond.”

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Transcendence

Question 28

Belief that all persons will be saved.

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Universalism