Exam 1 Flashcards
What reference shows the importance of doctrine?
1 Timothy 4:16
What is a reference to respond to the Latin American Liberation Theology?
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The Necessity of Theology (reveiw)
“only as people are thoroughly indoctrinated in the Word of God make staunch (strong) Christians and effective workers for Christ. There is, then a definite relation between doctrinal preaching and effective Christian service.”
“Happy is the student who secures a full-rounded introduction to the vast [study] of Systematic Theology. But twice blessed is he who [unrelentingly] pursues his study [all his life].
Requirements of knowing theology (review)
-Presuppositions of inspired/ truthfulness of the Bible
-Faith
-Recognition of human limitations/finiteness
-a disciplined mind-it takes work to study-it’s exhausting
-A knowledge of the original language
-A holy affection for God
-The enlightening influence of the Holy Spirit
-Patient and tireless study
What are the varieties of theology?
Historical Theology-doctrine through time
Biblical Theology-what a book says about a specific theology
Systematic Theology-putting it all together
Practical Theology-application of theology
Categories of Systematic Theology
Bibliology
Theology Proper
Christology
Pneumatology
Angelology
Anthropology
Hamartiology
Soteriology
Ecclesiology
Eschatology
