C2 Beliefs and Sacred Writings Flashcards
What types of literature are in the Old Testament?
Law, History, Wisdom, Prophecy
What types of literature are in the New Testament?
Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Letters, Revelation
What is the Liberal View of Creation?
The Creation accounts in the bible are not real. The accounts should be used to understand God’s character and to plainly understand that God made the universe and made us as His best creation
What is the Fundamentalist view of Creation?
The text is accurate because it came from God. It is wrong for us to try and interpret God’s Word. Whether or not a ‘day’ was 24 hours is debatable but it is undisputed that the creation account is accurate in its order and content.
What is the Literalist view of Creation?
God’s word is accurate word to word because God would not try and deceive us. Some Literalists are young earth creationists (thinking the earth is 6000 years old)
Describe an overview of the Beatitudes.
Jesus stating to the people listening to his sermon of the contrasts of the Kingdom of Heaven. For example, those who are poor will have wealth in Heaven etc.
What is the ‘Greatest Commandment’ that Jesus gave?
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength and love you neighbor as yourself.”
What are the three ‘omni’ characteristics of the God and what do they mean?
Omni…
…Benevolent - All loving
…Potent - All Powerful
…Scient - All Knowing
What is the Trinity?
The belief that God is 3 persons in 1 person; Father, Son and Holy Spirit but also keeping the Christian idea of monotheism.
What is the incarnation in Jesus’ context?
God becoming flesh through Jesus. Jesus being fully man and fully God. Jesus needed to be fully man to fully die and needed to be fully God to fully resurrect.
What two books have the birth narratives?
Matthew and Luke
