Year 1 Final Exam Flashcards
Chapter 11 - The Election Principle
The principle by which the interpretation of any verse or group of verses is determined by considering its relation to the election in the purposes of God.
Chapter 12 - The Covenantal Principle
The principle by which the interpretation of a verse or group of verses is determined by a consideration of its Covenantal setting.
Chapter 13 - The Ethnic Division Principle
The principle by which the interpretation of any verse or passage of Scripture is determined upon a consideration of God’s appointed ethnic divisions.
Chapter 14 - The Chronometrical Principle
The principle by which the interpretation of a verse or passage is determined upon a consideration of its chronometrical setting.
Chapter 15 - The Dispensations Redefined
The ordering of events under divine authority; the dealing of God to His creatures. Any religious system; a system of principles and rites enjoyed.
Chapter 17 - The Christo-Centric Principle
The basis for this principle is the fact that Christ is the central Person of the Bible. The entire written Word revolves around He who is the Living Word.
Chapter 18 - The Moral Principle
The principle by which the interpretation of a verse or passage is determined by discerning the moral it contains.
Chapter 19 - The Symbolic Principle
The principle by which the interpretation of a verse or passage in Scripture containing symbolic elements can be determined by a proper interpretation of the symbol(s) involved.
Chapter 20 - The Numerical Principle
The principle by which the interpretation of a verse or passage in Scripture containing numbers is aided by a recognition of the symbolic significance of the numbers involved.
Chapter 21 - The Typical Principle
The principle by which the interpretation of the verse or passage of Scripture containing typical elements can be determined only through a proper interpretation of the type of types involved.
Chapter 22 - The Parabolic Principle
That principle by which any parable is interpreted by discerning its moral and interpreting its elements.
Question: Which principle is this? “A short simple story from which a moral lesson may be drawn.” It is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. The relevant terms in Scripture will now be considered.
The Parabolic Principle
Question: What is the science and art of interpretation, or of finding the meaning of an author’s words and phrases, and of explaining it to others; exegesis; particularly applied to the interpretation of the Scriptures?
Hermeneutics
Question: What is an allegorical symbolic representation of some object, which is called the antitype; a symbol; a sign; theologically, the word is mainly applied to those prophetic prefiguring’s of the persons and thins of the new dispensation, which occur in the Old Testament.
The Typical Principle
