Developments in Religious thoughts- keywords

Question 1

K if gods existence-What is faith?

Answer 1

Voulantary commitment to a belief without the need for complete evidence to support it

Question 2

K of gods existence-
What is Empricisim?

Answer 2

A way of knowing that depends on the five senses

Question 3

K of gods existence-
What is Natural Theology?

Answer 3

Drawing conclusions about the nature and activity of God by using reason and observing the world

Question 4

K of gods existence-
What is Protestantism?

Answer 4

A form of Christianity which rejects the authority of the Catholic Church and places greater emphasis on the Bible and on personal faith

Question 5

K of gods existence-
What is Revelation?

Answer 5

‘uncovering’. In theological terms, this is when God chooses to let himself be known

Question 6

K of gods existence-
What is Revealed Theology?

Answer 6

When God reveals himself to people through other people/things

Question 7

K of gods existence-
What is immediate Revelation?

Answer 7

Where someone is given direct knowledge of God

Question 8

K of gods existence-
What is Mediate Revelation?

Answer 8

Where someone gains knowledge of God in a secondary, non-direct way

Question 9

K of gods existence-
What is the Grace of God?

Answer 9

God’s unconditional and undeserved gifts

Question 10

K of gods existence-
What is Wisdom Literature?

Answer 10

A genre of writing from the ancient world, teaching about wisdom and virtue. In the Bible, books such as Proverbs and Job are classified as wisdom literature.

Question 11

P of Jesus-
What is meant by the term ‘son of God’?

Answer 11

a term for Jesus that emphasises he is God incarnate, one of the three persons of the trinity

Question 12

P of Jesus-
What does Liberator mean?

Answer 12

a general term for someone who frees a people or group

Question 13

P of Jesus-
What does Rabbi mean?

Answer 13

a Jewish teacher, often associated with having followers

Question 14

P of Jesus-
What does Hypostatic Union mean?

Answer 14

the belief that Christ is both fully God and fully human, indivisible, two natures untied in one person

Question 15

P of Jesus-
What does Homoousios mean?

Answer 15

of the same substance or of the same being

Question 16

P of Jesus- what does word mean?

Answer 16

from the Greek logos, another name for the second person of the Trinity, used at the beginning of Johns Gospel to describe the incarnation which existed from the beginning, of one substance with and equal to God the father.

Question 17

P of Jesus-
What does redemption mean?

Answer 17

the action of saving or being saved from sin, error or evil

Question 18

P of Jesus-
What does incarnation mean?

Answer 18

God born as a human being, in Jesus Christ

Question 19

P of Jesus-
What does Zealot mean?

Answer 19

a member of the Jewish political/military movement that fought against Rome in the first century AD

Question 20

P of Jesus-
What does Messiah mean?

Answer 20

in Christianity, the word is associated with Jesus Christ, who is believed to be the Son of God and the Saviour. In Judaism, the word is associated with individuals who rose up against oppression, the people of Israel.