Exam 1 Christology Flashcards
(23 cards)
Define Epistemology
Study of how we acquire knowledge
How is God revealed to us?
God is self revealed
What defines what we can say about God as Christians?
Scripture
In our approach to understanding God what is the best starting point?
With revelation “from above”
Because humanity is “fallen” where must revelation start?
Scripture, Revelation from “above”, and with God initiative
When we consider how God revealed Himself in Scripture what is proper Christian response?
God’s process of revelation is good
What must a Christian say about the OT?
The OT lays out the true revelation of God
What does the NT revelation build on?
The Old Testamant
According to Hendrikus Berkoff a better hermetical approach to God’s revelation in Scripture is which of the following?
Letting the OT speak to the NT and let that inform later philosophy
What is biblically appropriate in speaking of God?
We must say what scripture says
Belief in one God
Monotheism
Define Atheist
One who denies the existence of God
Whats and Agnostic
A person who asserts that the existence of God is unknown, God’s existence in unknowable, and/or a pessimist
What is a pantheist
One who equates God with nature or the forces of the universe
What makes up the belief of Ditheism
Belief in two gods
What is a polytheist
One who believes in more than on God
What is tritheism
3 gods, view from some trinitarians
What constitutes Trinitarianism
There are 3 distinct person in the Godhead, but yet one God
What are the two extreme tendencies in Trinitarian thought?
To emphasize the unity of God without having a carefully developed understanding of what is meant by 3 distinct persons
To emphasize the 3ness of the trinity to the point that they believe in three self-conscious beings, and their view essentially tritheistic
What makes binitarianism unique?
It does not classify the Holy Ghost as separate person but asserts belief in two persons in the Godhead
Many monotheists have pointed out that both Trinitarianism and Binitarianism ultimately do what?
They weaken the strict monotheism taught by the Bible
Who represents strict monotheism and yet rejects the full divinity of Christ?
Arians (led by Arius)
Paul of Samosata
Dynamic Monarchians
Which of the following represents strict monotheism?
There is only one God, but yet rejects the full deity of Jesus Christ
