Exam 2 Flashcards

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The theme of “God as creator” is a large influence of the Old Testament. (True or False)

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True

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The term “ex nihilo” describes God creating humanity. (True or False)

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False

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What does “ex nihilo” mean?

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From nothing

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What is the significance of the City of God being in the shape of a cube?

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The Holy of Holies in the Old Testament Temple was a cube

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Eschatology is the doctrine of the end times. (True or False)

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True

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God created everything by speech besides…

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Humanity

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Dualism holds that the spiritual realm is inherently good while the material realm is bad. (True or False)

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True

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Which of these is not an idea or belief negated by the Christian doctrine of God?
Pantheism
Deism
Monotheism
Atheism

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Monotheism

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Match Question

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N/A

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Which of these is a model of how we visualize the relationship of humanity created in the image of God?
The sovereignty of God – authority
Human correspondence to God
Image and relationality
Image and storytelling
All of the above

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All of the above

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*Who believed that “God makes the world to make itself”?

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Frederick Temple

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Which term means “to be contrasted with the notion of human ownership of the world”?
Dualism
Human stewardship of the creation
The doctrine of creation
Ex nihilo

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Human stewardship of creation

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Who wrote in his “Descent of Man” that humanity evolved from a different creature over a period of time?

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Charles Darwin

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The gnostics believed that God created the world out of pre-existent matter. (True or False)

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True

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Which theologian argued that creation has a fundamental “likeness to God”?
Augustine
Irenaeus of Lyons
Thomas Aquinas
John Calvin

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c: Thomas Aquinas

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All things that God created are good. (True or False)

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True

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God the Creator is God the Redeemer. (True or False)

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True

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Gnostics believed that the God who redeemed humanity was the same God who created humanity. (True or False)

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False

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Irenaeus of Lyons argued that the Christian doctrine of creation affirmed the inherent goodness of creation. (True or False)

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True

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Why is construction an insufficient theory on creation?
It implies that there are multiple gods
It implies that God is not an artist
It does not align with the 6-day account of creation
It implies that God used pre-existent matter to create the world

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It implies that God used pre-existent matter to create the world

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According to C.S. Lewis, to be made in the “image of God” is to possess the ___________ to enter into ____________ with God.

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Potential / relationship

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22
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The Apostle’s Creed declared that God is…

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Creator of heaven and earth

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  • In what book of the Old Testament is the connection made that the God who redeems is the God who creates?
A

Exodus

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  • What act is creation understood to be?
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c:Trinitarian

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God is identical with creation. (True or False)
:False
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Young earth creationism is one of the approaches on how Genesis is interpreted. (True or False)
True
27
Tolkien suggested that our innate capacity and tendency to create stories is a result of being created in the “image of God.” (True or False)
True
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God is the source of all things and all that exists are inherently good. (True or False)
True
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Who in the Timaeus’ dialogue developed the idea that the world was made out of pre-existent matter?
Plato
30
Which gospel does not include the birth of Christ?
Mark
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32
Which approach refers to the idea that the earth is between 6000 to 10000 years old?
Young earth creation
33
We can understand the Fall in which of the following ways?
All of the above
34
The Garden of Eden could be understood as the proto-sanctuary. (True or False)
true
35
The goal of human world-making is to extend Eden to the ends of the world so that the world might become a sanctuary. (True or False)
True
36
The doctrine of God as creator implies the ___________ of creation.
goodness
37
Humanity cannot image God by itself. God is the third person in the tri-directional mirroring of the divine face. (True or False)
True
38
The concept of creation out of nothing was developed in response to Gnostic teachings in the second century. (True or False)
True
39
The Christian doctrine of creation affirms…
All of the above
40
“Messiah” means “anointed one.” (True or False)
True
41
Humanity was created to be the visible image of the invisible God on earth. (True or False)
True
42
What term is used by early Christian writers to clarify the relation between God and the world?
Emanation
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Which of these is not a model of the manner in which God is to be thought of as creating the world Construction Emanation Destruction Artistic expression
Destruction
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Which is not one of the 4 models of understanding the meaning of the phrase “in the image of God” that the textbook mentions? Image and relationality Image and storytelling The sovereignty of God Image and subordination
Image and subordination
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What is not a consequence of the Fall?
Work is now a part of life
46
Creation is a divine mirror for God’s character. (True or False)
True
47
How does the Bible depict humanity before the Fall?
Community of priests
48
C.S. Lewis says that there is a God-shaped hole within us. (True or False)
TRue
49
What emphasis is made on the authority of Scripture?
It serves as a foundational source for theological understanding despite interpretive challenges
50
What are 3 main ways of understanding how believers relate to Christ?
Participation, representation and substitution
51
Which is the meaning of the Greek word “hilasterion”?
Mercy Seat
52
Christ’s death and resurrection is approached as a victory over sin. (True or False)
True
53
Jesus giving his life as a ransom implies liberation, payment and someone to whom ransom is paid. (True or False)
True
54
Which Patristic writer argued that the ransom was paid to the devil on the grounds that God was not holding sinners?
Origen of Alexandria
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* Which theologian describes Christ’s victory over death as death searching for sin in Christ’s body?
Iruanes of Lyons
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Cosmology is which of the following?
The doctrine of creation
57
What imagery did early Christian writers use to depict Christ’s victory on the cross?
A triumphant Roman procession
58
Where was Christ led to by the Holy Spirit after his baptism?
The wilderness
59
What does the term “ransom” suggest?
All of the above
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What is one of the tri-dimensional understandings of the world?
The world is created good, reflecting the goodness of God as creator
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When the first Adam was created he opened his eyes and saw his telos, which is Christ. (True or False)
True
62
Sanctification is the act and process of being purified and becoming like Christ. (True or False)
True
63
“God became human in order that humans might become God,” was stated by which theologian?
Athanasius of Alexandria
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Gregory the Great compared Christ’s humanity and divinity to a bait and hook used to deceive the devil. (True or False)
True
65
What roles does Jesus’ death and resurrection play in the Christian understanding of salvation?
Represents the defeat of death and sin, providing a way for humans to be reconciled with God
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What is the Christian community’s role in salvation?
The Christian community supports and reinforces the faith. Helping individuals grow in salvation
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What does the term “salvation” refer to in a Christian context?
A concept of healing, liberation and release from captivity
68
According to Paul, how does he view the concept of salvation?
It includes past, present, and future dimensions
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In chapter five, Augustine of Hippo described the church as a place where people are fully healed and are no longer in need of salvation. (True or False)
False
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What is the meaning of “soteria”?
All of the above
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Which of these is one of the Pauline images of salvation? Salvation itself Adoption Justification Redemption All of the above
All of the above
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Match Questions