Doctrine of Scripture

Question 1

Revelation

Answer 1

God revealing thinks and taking away “hiddenness:

Question 2

General Revelation

Answer 2

Available to everyone. Sufficient to condemn, but not to save.

Question 3

Natural Revelation

Answer 3

God has revealed himself in nature.

Question 4

Special Revelation

Answer 4

Only available to particular people. Not as effective as Christ’s fullness of revelation.

Question 5

Theophany

Answer 5

God speaking - another form of revelation.

Question 6

Incarnation as Revelation

Answer 6

The incarnation of Christ is a type of revelation.

Question 7

Circular Reasoning

Answer 7

You must use the Bible as evidence of the Bible’s authority.

Question 8

Theopneustos

Answer 8

God-breathed

Question 9

Six Views of Inspiration

Answer 9

Intuition, Illumination, Dynamic, Dictation, Encounter, Verbal-Plenary

Question 10

Intuition Theory of Inspiration

Answer 10

No activity from God, only human activity. Lack of inspiration.

Question 11

Illumination Theory of Inspiration

Answer 11

Some activity from God, but mostly human activity.

Question 12

Dynamic Theory of Inspiration

Answer 12

Concepts are inspired, but words are not

Question 13

Dictation Theory of Inspiration

Answer 13

Spirit literally dictates what He wants the authors to write down.

Question 14

Encounter Theory of Inspiration

Answer 14

The text does not have meaning, but inspiration comes when you read it.

Question 15

Verbal-Plenary Theory of Inspiration

Answer 15

Actual words are inspired, but high view of human authorship.

Question 16

Concursive Inspiration

Answer 16

Teaches that the divine inspiration of the text works in harmony with the creative human acts.

Question 17

Dual Authorship

Answer 17

The human author and God wrote every word of all of the Bible.

Question 18

Absolute Inerrancy

Answer 18

Everything in the Bible is inerrant.

Question 18

Full Inerrancy

Answer 18

Truth does not imply exact precision. The Bible is entirely true, but has room for varying ways to describe phenomena.

Question 18

Limited Inerrancy

Answer 18

Doctrine is inerrant, but moral and scientific claims are outdated.

Question 19

The Chicago Statement on Inerrancy

Answer 19

Group that wrote 19 affirmations and denials on inerrancy.

Question 20

The Sufficiency of the Bible

Answer 20

The Bible is sufficient for God’s Glory, man’s salvation, and faith in life.

Question 21

The Authority of the Bible

Answer 21

The Scripture as the right to command our belief and our action.

Question 22

Three Orders of Authority

Answer 22

First order (rule that rules and is not ruled), second order (rule that is ruled), third order (ruled).

Question 23

Sola Scriptura

Answer 23

Scripture is the final authority on all things.

Question 24

The Perspicuity of the Bible

Answer 24

The Bible has clarity (but that doesn't mean that it is easy).

Question 25

Latin Vulgate

Answer 25

The Bible in the common language. Translated by Gerome.

Question 26

Canon / Canonicity

Answer 26

The authoritative set of texts. The Bible is the Christian Cannon.

Question 27

Marcion

Answer 27

Early church heretic. Denounced OT, Matthew, Mark, and John.

Question 28

Textual Transmission

Answer 28

Box system for letter count.

Question 29

Autograph

Answer 29

Original work.

Question 30

Dead Sea Scrolls

Answer 30

Found in 1946.

Question 31

Septuagint / LXX

Answer 31

Greek translation of the old testament.

Question 32

Formal Equivalence

Answer 32

Word-for-word.

Question 33

Dynamic Equivalence

Answer 33

Thought-for-thought.

Question 34

Paraphrase Translation

Answer 34

Not the Word of God. Retelling of the Bible, not the actual thing.

Question 35

Hermeneutics

Answer 35

Process of drawing out the meaning of Scripture.

Question 36

Senses Plenior

Answer 36

The text cannot mean today what it never meant in the past (you cannot add meaning to the text).

Question 37

Illumination

Answer 37

The Spirit must illuminate the text for us so that it can be read in its fullest sense.