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A form of theology that explains God without referring to scripture, in the attempt to show that God is universally understandable by human beings
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Natural theo
"understanding seeking faith" |
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In the traditional arguements for the existence of God what is the arguement fthat from the existences of the universe to a necessary cuase outside of it (cause & effect)
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Cosmological arguments
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One of three kinds of being is depends on something for its existence and that we experices with our senses
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Contenjent being
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One of three kinds of being not dependent on anything for existence. God is necessary being and stands outside the causes
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Necessary being
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One of the three kinds of being that says no exlicect is saught or is rejected, universe completley random
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no cause
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This argues that there must necessarily exist a being greater than which nothing can be thought
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ontological argument
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This argues from the intricacy of the created world that there must be intelligent design behind it
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Argument from design
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Seeks to "translate" revelation into propositions for belief; these propositions are called docrine
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Doctrinal approach to language about God
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What lang. about God seeks to explain revelation in terms of a personal encounter with God; the "I-Thou" relationship
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relational approach
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What lang. about God seeks to explain revelation in terms of universal human experience and religious feelings about God?
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Experiential approach
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What lang. about God talks about God using terms that are in some way simular to God and in some ways dissimilar to human experience; eg God as Father
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Analogical approach
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What lang. about God realizes that all languages about God is inadequate to the reality; seeks not to use words at all to describe God.
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Apophatic approach
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What term is used with this shit:
God is all powerful but with certain limitations such as can't effect free will, can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it. God cannot exceed God own nature and cannot create a being greater than He. |
Omnipotence of God
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What action of God wind up the clock and lets it run, God does not interact with the world?
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Deisem
(Revelation would be impossible under this view) |
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What action of God acts though the beings that He has created; eg. though grace?
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Secondary causes
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What action of God can "suggest" actions but since God's nature "evolves" it does not have a set up plan?
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process theology
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A denial of a truth of the faith that alters the meaning of the whole Christian Faith
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heresy
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The first major hertic about Christ was __________
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arius
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Who said son is not equal to the father-believed that son was created as intermediary b/w God and humans
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Arius
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"There was a time when he was not" is a slogan for
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Arianism
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Was not called by bishops but by head of roman empire
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Council of Nicea
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The nicene creed stated "one in being" Jesus is "one in being with God"
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homoousious
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Jesus was born not made
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Nicene Creed
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Father and Son exist at same time, one does not preceed the other
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eternal begotten
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The council of Constantinople I stated that God the son is seperate from Human Jesus what is this called
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Nestorius
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Christ has one nature, the divine, subsumes the human
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monophysitism
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Christ is one divine person fully divine and fully human what council
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Council of Chalcedon
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"Three persons in one divine essence"
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Trinity
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One of the three persons of the trinity the unbegotten; associated primarily with creation and Old Testament history
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Father
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One of the 3 in trinity;eternally begotten of the Father; the Word becomes flesh; associated primarily witht he incarnation and redemptions of Christ
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Son or Logos
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One of the trinatiy; proceeds or spirates "breathed forth" from the Father (and the son); associated primarily with grace and sanctification
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Sprirt
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All of the 3 persons interpenetrate one another in love & act together as the Godhead
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Perichoresis
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Name two heresies about the Trinity
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1)tritheism--there are three Gods
2)modalism--there are not 3 persons but merely 3 ways of being God |
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The way that the 3 persons of the Trinity are revealved in salvation history
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economic trinity
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....and the Word was made flesh and dwelt amoug us"
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Incarnation
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Starts from the eternal God, who at a point in time "descends" into the humanity of Jesus; human nature is "assumed" by the Son
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Decending Christology
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The purpose of the Incarnation is to restore the relationship b/w God and human beings
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St. Athanasins
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Who said in his theory of incarnation that God would have become huan, even if human bings had never sinned and no need for redemption
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Scotus
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Starts with the humanity of Christ and "ascends" to the Godhead; difficult to avoid hersey with this view
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Ascending Christology
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Mother of God
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Mary=theotokos
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A classical way of understand the cross as redemptive draws upon Hebrew rituals of sacrificing a lamb or bull to atone for acts of disobedience to the Law (torah)
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expiation by blood
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A classical way of understand the cross as redemptive an innocent person suffers the pently for sin on behalf of the guilty bringing forgiveness to them
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perral substituion
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A classical way of understand the cross as redemptive the terms in the acient world meant being "brought back" from slavery or imprisonment
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Redemption
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A classical way of understand the cross as redemptive a legal term referring to being acquitted of a crime and being declared righteous or forgiven
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justification
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A classical way of understand the cross as redemptive one person shows their love for another by dying so that the other may live
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heroic self sacrafice
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A classical way of understand the cross as redemptive combines all of the above ideas in a ritual reflecting the Last Supper of Jesus
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euchanst
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Name some titles or images of Jesus during his earlty ministry
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Messiah
New Law giver Herald of the Kingdom Healer Son of God Son of Man |
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Jesus after death
A) resurrection-concerquing death B)ascension-after 40 days of visiting apposals goes to heaven in body C)second coming/parousea-Jesus is comingback D)judge at end of time-seperate sheep from goats |
more fucking shit to know
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