Theology final exam 1

Question 1

God is Personal

Answer 1

-Self- reflection
-Self-determination
-Unity of complexity (triune)
-We can relate to him in a personal way

Question 2

God is transcendent

Answer 2

beyond physical human experience

Question 3

God is immanent

Answer 3

within, inherent to physical human
experience

Question 4

God is soverign

Answer 4

Sovereignty of God in Christianity can be defined primarily as the right of God to exercise his ruling power over his creation, and secondarily, but not necessarily, as the exercise of this right.

Question 5

Definitions of Worldview

Answer 5

is a set of beliefs about
the most important issues.

Question 6

Metaphysics

Answer 6

(What is real) [metaphysics means
beyond physics] the branch of philosophy that deals
with the first principles of things, including abstract
concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause,
identity, time, and space.

Question 7

Epistemology

Answer 7

the theory of knowledge, especially
with regard to its methods, validity, and scope.
Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes
justified belief from opinion.

Question 8

Axiology

Answer 8

[What is of value?] is the philosophical
study of value. It is either the collective term for ethics
and aesthetics—philosophical fields that depend
crucially on notions of worth, deserving, or suitable.

Question 9

Potentia Ordinata and Potentia absoulta

Answer 9

-Acts only on the basis of love, and
-That he gives his human creation freedom of choice
(though choices have consequences. God acts with
justice in response to our choices, and this justice is
guided by his principles of love)

Question 10

Attman

Answer 10

(soul of the being)

Question 11

Brahman

Answer 11

soul of the
cosmos

Question 12

Maya

Answer 12

illusion

Question 13

Present the most important points of theism

Answer 13

Is the belief in the existence of a god or
gods; specifically: belief in the existence of one God
viewed as the creative source of the human race and
the world who transcends yet is immanent in the
world” (Merriam-Webster)
Theism is the worldview of Christianity, but also Islam
and Judaism share the same worldview, even if not in
the same terms.
Today we are just looking at Christian Theism!
The word Theism comes form the Greek Theos, which
means God: “Belief in one God”.

Question 14

Pantheism most important point

Answer 14

Pantheism means “God in all” from the Greek Pan (all)
theos (God).
It is a totally different mindset with respect to theism.
It is:
antirational, (no western logic).
syncretic, (the amalgamation or attempted
amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools
of thought).
quietist (calm acceptance of things as they are without
attempts to resist or change them).

Question 15

8 basic question to worldview

Answer 15

1.What is the prime reality- the really real? (e.g. God)
2. What is the nature of external reality, that is the world
around us? (Reality)
3. What is the human being? (Humankind)
4. What happens to a person at death? (After Death)
5. Why is it possible to know anything at all? (Knowledge)
6. How do we know what is right and wrong? (Morality)
7. What is the meaning of human history? (History)
8. What personal, life-orienting core commitments are
consistent with this worldview?

Question 16

8 different Hebrew and Greek(5)

Answer 16

a. Biblical thought reflects the mind of Hebrew synthesis while
Greek thought reflects the mind of Greek analysis.

b. Biblical thought is based on the notion of unity, while the
Greek is based on dualistic notion.
c. The first one favors the notion of holism, the second the
notion of segmentation.
d. The Bible underlines the notion of solidarity, while Greek
philosophy elates the notion of individuality.
e. Biblical thought is in search of the concrete, the Greek is in
search of abstract.
f. From Holy Scriptures appears a psychology of the real while
in philosophical writings appears a philosophy of ideas.

g. Biblical thought aims to practical knowledge, while Greek
thought aims to theoretical knowledge.
h. The Bible expresses an existential thought, while Greek
anthropology comes from an essential philosophy.

Question 17

Explain how the the authors of the Hebrew scripture talk about god. Then explain their of the the nature of God.

Answer 17

-He is presented as the creator of all things. (Gen. 1, 2;;
Psalm 19, 139)
- All powerful, all knowing (Isaiah 40:12-28)
-He is the God who saves (Psalm 62:1)
2.God is personal (like a person): God speaks, hears, sees,
he has a face, and hands.
- He walks in the garden, he can be angry, and grieved.
-These descriptions points out that God is described in
anthropomorphic terms and regarded as personal being.
- God is also personal because he looks for relationships
with his people, and within the relationship father-son and
husband and wife.

Question 18

Enounce the different kinds of laws in the old testament and their purpose

Answer 18

-The Commandments assume the existence of others
God, at lest made by the human being. (Ex. 20:3)
- Jews are to be in an exclusive relationship with God. The
laws of the Pentateuch describe the terms of the
covenant and this include to not worship others gods.
Existence of other gods is assumed at the beginning.
- Later, with the prophets God is the only God of the
universe

Question 19

list the criteria of morality in scripture with one line definition for each one of them

Answer 19

-mercy is forgiveness or withholding punishment
-justice is to make things right.
-goodness is holyness,pureness and righteoness
-obedience is hearing the word of God and acting on it
-humility is to bring glory and honor to good and look out for the interests of others.

Question 20

when is a person considered just for Plato?Define person justice in Plato?

Answer 20

Human organism according to Plato contains three elements-Reason, Spirit and Appetite. An individual is just when each part of his or her soul performs its functions without interfering with those of other elements. For example, the reason should rule on behalf of the entire soul with wisdom and forethought
-Justice is, for Plato, at once a part of human virtue and the bond, which joins man together in society. It is the identical quality that makes good and social . Justice is an order and duty of the parts of the soul, it is to the soul as health is to the body.