Foundations in Christian Worship Test 3 Flashcards
(134 cards)
1
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Worship is a product of the ________, _________, and the ________ of different historical periods.
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Philosophies, changes, emphasis
2
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When the church was young and struggling for survival, leaders were required to:
Encourage the ______
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Believers
3
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When the church no longer struggled for existence, leaders spent more energy:
Defending the ______
and shaping __________
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Faith, Theology
4
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There were many heated discussions and arguments about the ______, and about the divine versus the human nature of Christ.
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Trinity
5
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The gathering became known as the ______ of ______.
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Council of Nicea
6
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No denomination, movement or action was completely ____________ of others.
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Independent
7
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The choices of generations before as well as the current church culture have shaped and influenced the _______ through the centuries.
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Church
8
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The Reformation, the evangelical 1800’s, the ________ movement and the plethora of modern period churches and movements including the UPCI.
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Pentecostal
9
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Throughout the past two thousand years, Christian worship has seen a continuous process of development and change in response to _________ and _______ factors
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Theological, cultural
10
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But with this evolution, each period of worship renewal aspired to reach back to the Apostolic principles and practices of the ____ _______ church.
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New Testament
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The Biblical account given to us during the 1st century of this infant church, after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, should always be the standard for the liturgy and ______ practices of the Christian church.
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Worship
12
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The church of the apostles, when the canonical books of the NT were being written, have an ________ that no other period in history can match.
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authority
13
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Jesus and his early followers came from a ______ heritage.
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Jewish
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___________ concludes his gospel by mentioning that after the resurrection, the followers of Christ “stayed continually at the temple, praising God.”
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Luke
15
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“Christians may have turned the world upside down but in the form and content of their worship, it was still recognizably a _____ world.
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Jewish
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It is baptism in the name of _____, signifying a belonging to him
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Jesus
17
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It is associated with the gifting of the ___ Spirit
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Holy
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Baptism symbolizes participation in Christ’s ___ and resurrection and a new ______ as the people of God.
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death, covenant
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Baptism seemed to be the primary means of identifying new Christian ____.
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converts
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Baptism becomes the response expected from _____ preaching.
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apostolic
21
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Sometime after the 1st-century church, this formula began to be replaced by the ______ formula, “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
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Trinitarian
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The doctrine of the Trinity was developed over a lengthy period of time, from the early 2nd to the late ____ century.
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4th
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There is no direct evidence for the baptism of ___ in the NT churches, but there is also no clear ___ requirement given.
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Infants, age
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“Tertullian taught that at water baptism the believer has his sins _____ away,”
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Washed
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Tertullian taught baptism by ____ and disapproved of infant baptism
Immersion
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"No one can attain ________ without baptism"
Salvation
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A long period of preparation and training preceded the baptism called ________.
catechumenate
28
Some converts might be martyred before their period of testing was over, and they were considered to have been baptized in their own _____.
blood
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Baptism included the laying on of hands and always culminated with the ____.
Eucharist
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In the 4th century, initiation was firmly tied into the paschal celebration with baptism coinciding with time and day of the _____.
Resurrection
31
The 500 years after the NT period saw enormous ____ in every aspect of Christian worship.
changes
32
The washing away of sin at baptism was considered a gift of ____ removing the penalties of sin.
grace
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During the Middle Ages, the baptism of ___ is the primary form of baptism to cancel the guilt of original sin.
infants
34
The decline in baptism by immersion is reflected in the gradual shrinking in the size of baptismal _____.
Fonts
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The Anabaptists believed that the clearest sign of a pure church is when its members join by deliberate _______, not because they were baptized as an infant.
Choice
36
"We have not a single command in the scriptures that infants are to be baptized, or that the apostles practiced it, therefore we confess with good sense that infant baptism is nothing but human ____ and notion.
Invention
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Adherents to Simmons and this movement in the Netherlands became known as ___________.
Mennonites
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Baptism wasn't abolished, it was just no longer required. It was a ____ act, but not required for the remission of sin.
Spirit
39
The UPCI insists on the earlier baptismal formula, "in the name of the Lord Jesus" preached and practiced by the ____ in the original church found in the book of Acts.
Apostles
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After baptism, the Lord's Supper became one of the most important aspects of NT ______.
Worship
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"During the NT period, the Lord's Supper appears to have been not a liturgy in the modern sense, but an actual ____, or a portion of one...
Meal
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When Jesus instituted the "new covenant" he declared that the bread and the cup were the representations of his ___ and ____.
Body, Blood
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Holy Communion speaks to our _____ with God
relationship
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______ is the Greek word for "giving thanks."
Eucharist
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The early church was soon using the term Eucharist to indicate _____.
Communion
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The cup of milk and honey seems to have disappeared pretty soon afterward, but the water and wine have endured, signifying the ____ of people with Christ.
Union
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For various reasons, most people began to receive communion ___ frequently.
Less
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In the 12th century, ________, the term to describe what Christians believe they experience in the Eucharist (the bread and wine become the actual body of Christ) began to be used.
Transubstantiation
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During the middle ages, "popular piety" according to White, "always seemed to prefer _____ to philosophical explanations."
Miraculous
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The ______ became more and more essential and the priests came to acquire power and control over both penance and healing.
Clergy
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The church fathers increasingly based their theology on OT traditions more than on the New Covenant, leading to serious __________ of 1st-century worship concepts, particularly in relation to the Lord's supper.
distortions
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Another very distinct activity of the NT church was their observance of ______ prayer.
Daily
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Prayer was both personal and ____.
Corporate
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Benedict of Nursia developed a pattern of 7 ____ during the day and 1-night office
offices
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______ - at the end of the working day
Vespers
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Compline - before
bedtime
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Nocturns or vigils or matins - _____
during the middle of the night
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Lauds -
Daybreak
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_____ - shorty after daybreak
Prime
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Terce - during the middle of ______
Morning
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________ - at noon
Sext
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None - during the ___ of the afternoon
middle
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Worship leaders have to deal with differences of opinion and personal preference concerning musical ____.
Style
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"Differences of opinion are ___ new."
Not
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Church leaders were particularly cautious concerning _____ influence of music used for the worship service.
Secular
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The writings and decisions of the patristic church show a keen awareness of the power of _______ and a desire to guard Christians against ___ that would damage their faith.
Music, Music
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Music was believed to have ______ to influence people along specific emotional and behavioral lines.
Power
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It is not difficult to understand the church father's attitude toward the secular music of their day since the early church existed in the midst of a largely _______ civilization.
Pagan
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The harp and ____ were sometimes used, but other instruments were found objectionable because of their association with pagan worship.
Lyre
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"Much of what we know about early church music is from records of church decisions concerning what was _________ and what was not _______.
Acceptable, acceptable
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Augustine confessed that the singing in the church of Milan contributed to his conversion, but at the same time he was concerned that the singing was too _________.
Attractive
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White suggests the 2 primary purposes of hymns singing were "as a _____ tool as well as _______ to God.
Teaching, praise
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In the 7th century, the 1st step away from this tradition was the _____.
Organum
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It was the early attempts at breaking away from monophonic music to include crude forms of ____.
Harmony
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__________ singing was practically unknown as almost all the singing was done entirely by the clergy or choirs.
Congregational
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Huss believed that the people had a right to share in the church's ________
Song
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Martin Luther influenced a conservative and systematic transition from the priest-dominated worship of the Catholic church to congregationally accessible evangelical services through _______ composition...
Hymn
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"Next to the ___ of _____, music deserves the highest praise.
Word, God
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John Calvin attempted to keep the doctrine _____ by allowing only the strict use of _____ in lyrics sung by the unaccompanied voice
Pure, Scripture.
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The Armenian theology, which was a rejection of Calvinism, emphasized _____ responsibility in salvation and led to the creation of the 1st "invitational" songs and an awakening of evangelical fervor.
Personal
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Negro spirituals had great influence on the American ____.
hymns
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Singing forms our _______
Theology
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Worship in the NT was largely confined to private ________
Homes
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After Constantine was converted, _____ churches began to appear.
Public
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In the Middle Ages, ___ heavily influenced church architecture.
Monks
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Each developed their own distinctive forms of worship, yet preserved an essential _____
Unity
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Bishops began to write down acceptable worship orders and after several centuries of development, the liturgical _____ evolved.
Year
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__________ - Beginning 4 Sundays before Christmas, a time when believers remember God's acts in creation, in the history of the Jewish people, and in the prophecies and the events leading up to Christ's ______.
Advent, incarnation
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_______ - 40 days before Easter, begins with Ash Wednesday, is a period of penitence to prepare for Holy Week, and recalls Christ's ___ days of temptation, and Israel's ___ years of wandering in the desert.
Lent, 40, 40
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Pentecost - commemorates the sending of the Holy Spirit and the establishing of the _____, and initiates the 2nd half of the church year.
Church
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________ Time - the emphasis is on God's purposes for the Church in this "age of grace"
Ordinary
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The changeable parts of the liturgy are called the ______, while the constant portion of the liturgy is called the ____.
Propers, Ordinary
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John Calvin attempted to return to the simple cultic practices of the early church. He ignored the church _______ except for the primary feast days
Calendar
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_______ usually make an intentional effort to have a more free style of worship that does not follow the church year.
Pentecostals
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_____ Sometimes called entrance - Christ approaches his followers
Gathering
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_____ - Scripture - Christ ingages them with Scripture
Word
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_____ - Fellowship - Christ's identity is known to them in the context of table fellowship
Table
98
Sending - Sometimes called ____ - Christ inspires them to go and tell the story
Dismissal
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1. We ____ into God's presence
Enter
100
2. We hear God ____
Speak
101
3. We celebrate at God's Table (Response to the ___)
Word
102
4. We are ____
Dismissed
103
The benediction is a ____
Blessing
104
We are blessed for a ____
Purpose
105
The ____ is said to have originated when John Chrysostom decided to preach from the reading desk instead of remaining seated in the presider's chair.
Pulpit
106
In the 12th century ___ began to appear in churches for the first time
Pews
107
Martin Luther is remembered as the individual who gave the German people the Bible and the hymnbook in their own ___.
Language
108
Human beings are estranged from God, and that we can be ___, reconciled, and transformed through the grace of God, because of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, a message of sin, grace, and salvation.
Forgiven
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The Pentecostal movement is considered the 1st post-enlightenment tradition in that it has no inhibitions about experiencing the reality of God's _____ in worship.
Presence
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The growth of Pentecostalism was fueled by its lively ___ and emphasis on ____, and call for renewal
Worship, Experience
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Pentecostals believe that truth sprang from the pages of Scripture and that one could find ____ for life by studying the experience and practice of the apostolic church.
Patterns
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Ulrich Zwingli removed all the icons, ___, and vestments from worship.
Organs
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Zwingli was convinced that faith comes through the Holy Spirit without any ___ channels or external means.
Physical
114
John Calvin wanted to strip the church of unnecessary traditions and return the church to the purity of the early church, both in ___ and in worship.
Doctrine
115
The free church movement rejected:
1. the use of ___ prayers
2. The use of prayer ___ for worship
Written, Books
116
In the 19th Century, worship began to focus on ____ God.
Experiencing
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During the last half of the 19th Century, there was a confluence of events that led to the birth of Pentecostalism. Some of these included: the ___ War, an influx of immigrants who challenged the dominant advance of Protestant Christianity, etc.
Civil
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Recognizing the spiritual lethargy for what it was, the ____ movement was formed
Holiness
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Worship usually involved a long ___ and discussion;
Sermon
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French asserts that Oneness Pentecostalism advocated "a return to the NT baptismal ___ and understanding of the Godhead"
Formula
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The modern Pentecostal movement can be traced theologically to Charles Parham in 1901 and numerically to William Seymour and the ___ ___ revival in 1906.
Azuza Street
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"I count the ___ praise of men but loss, baptized in Jesus' Name"
worthless
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Another very influential leader of the Apostolic movement, _______, composed "The Name of Names"
GT Haywood
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The oneness pentecostal movement teaches that the biblical, apostolic, Christian doctrine of God, which is commonly called ___ excludes the doctrine of the Trinity
Oneness
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God is absolutely and indivisible one with no distinction of ___
Persons
126
Jesus Christ is all the fullness of the ___ incarnate
Godhead
127
The UPCI believes their conception of the ___ is true to early Christianity's strict monotheism.
Godhead
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The deity that Christians worship has many names and titles but all refer to one and the same ___.
Being
129
These various names and titles simply denote:
1. ___
2. roles
3. Relationships to humanity
4. Modes of activity
5. aspects of God's self-revelation
Manifestations
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When the Trinitarian formulation or an approximation thereof appears in the NT, there is usually a strong suggestion that the different terms used ___ the same living reality.
Express
131
Bernard believes that many were ___ and ___ and their written works were destroyed by official Christendom.
Persecuted, Martyred
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Many so-called ___ were really oneness believers
Heretics
133
We must look to the word of God for ____.
Revelation
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We must seek after his Spirit to illuminate his Word and to guide us into all ____.
Truth
