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Quiz 3 (02/04) Flashcards

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anselm of canterbury

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british theologian, known for view of theology as “faith seeking understanding”

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canon

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the books of the Bible, primary and final source for church’s faith and practice

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epistemology

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theory of how we know what we know

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faith

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the way we know God in which assent, trust, or loyalty are stressed

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gospel/Gospel

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“good news”; content of primary witness and interpretation of Jesus as God; four Gospels of Old Testament

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grace

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God’s presence with us through creation, Jesus Christ, or the Sacraments

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incarnation

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God is with us in Jesus Christ; God came in flesh through Jesus Christ

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liturgy

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“service”; work of Christians as their service to God through worship; rituals of worship of a denomination

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mystery

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“secret”; claim that God’s essential nature or inner being is unknown and unknowable by us

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Tillich, Paul

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most influential Protestant theologian in 20th century; contributed to themes of liberal tradition in theology

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Protestant Reformation

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movement of theological, liturgical, and moral reform of medieval church, resulted in formation of Protestant churches

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revelation

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uncovering/unveiling; movement of God to us where God reveals himself to us

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general revelation

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God’s self-disclosure in the creation

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special revelation

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revelation through a medium or person

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Thomas Aquinas

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greatest medieval theologian; approached Aristotle as a source for theology, known for “five ways” proof of existence of God, theological viewpoint taken from his writings is known as Thomism

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theophany

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visible manifestation of God

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Word of God/word

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Jesus Christ is the word of God incarnate

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Romans 1:16-17

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God is revealed

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Romans 1:20-22

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God has made his power known to his people, He has made it plain to them

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1 Peter 1:17-21

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“He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake”

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Hebrews 1:1-4

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“in the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets…but in these last days he was spoken to us by his Son”

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what is a theophany?

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a theophany is “an appearance of God, an intense manifestation of the presence of God that is accompanied by an extraordinary visual display”

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what are some of the various ways that God is revealed according to the Scriptures?

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nature, direct visions, auditions, dreams, and theophanies

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true or false: “scripture understands revelation primarily to be God’s indirect self-disclosure through the “acts of God” which are discerned within the events of Israel’s history and the story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.”

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true

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short answer: what does it means that the concept of God derived from general revelation is soteriologically inadequate?

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saving knowledge of God is unavailable in general revelation apart from the gospel as special revelation

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true/false: the gospel reveals God through the story of Jesus Christ as the Christ who imparts God’s saving power to the person of faith

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true

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short answer: what does it mean to say that human beings would not have knowledge of God if God had not made Godself known to human beings first?

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knowing God depends on God “we love him, because he first loved us”

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short answer: according to Inbody, God is a gracious mystery who comes to us beyond our grasp. what do you think about this description of God?

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I think this is a very true statement because the concept of God can be hard for people to grasp and His grace tends to come when we least expect it

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what are the three aspects of faith discussed by Inbody?

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assent, truth, and loyalty

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what aspect of faith is described in the following quote: “…belief in and acceptance of His revelation as true…an act of the intellect assenting to revealed truth”

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assent

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what is the burning bush in Exodus chapter 3?

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the burning bush that Moses encounters in Exodus 3 is a theophany

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according to Inbody, what is the primary theological answer to the question, “How do we know God?”

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we know God through revelation and faith

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what is the Greek word that is translated as “revelation”?

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apokalypsis

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what does apokalypsis signify?

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literally, an uncovering or unveiling of what is concealed or unknown

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what is the key self-disclosure of God in the Old Testament?

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the key self-disclosure of God in the Old Testament is through the “saving deeds” of God which rescued the slaves from the pits of Egypt and gave the Law to the people through Moses on Sinai

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what are some forms of direct self-disclosure in the Bible?

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in direct visions, auditions, drams, and theophanies

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what does the Scripture understand revelation to be primarily?

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Scripture understands revelation primarily to be God’s indirect self-disclosure through the “acts of God” which are discerned within the events of Israel’s history and the story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection

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what does the gospel reveal?

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the gospel reveals God through the story of Jesus as the Christ who imparts God’s saving power to the person of faith

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what does Inbody want to emphasize about revelation?

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revelation is our encounter with God through the story of Jesus

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what does general revelation refer to?

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general revelation refers to the claim that there is a natural knowledge of God inherent in human experience

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what is Romans 1:20 an example of?

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general revelation

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what is the primary human experience appealed to by theologians who advocate a concept of general revelation?

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the overwhelming sense of mystery in human experience

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where in human experience might one look for positive evidences of the reality which is hinted at in our intention of “the mystery of existing and not existing”?

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at all times and places, humans are confronted with the fingerprints of God

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what are four features of our common human experience that have been particularly persuasive for people in the Western tradition of philosophical theology and philosophy of religion?

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the order of the world, moral experience, religious experience, reason itself

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is saving knowledge of God available in general revelation apart from the gospel as special revelation?

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no

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true or false: there is never any general revelation of mystery apart from the gospel as special revelation

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true

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fill in the blanks: for Christians revelation refers to God’s coming to us through _______________ and through _______________

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the people and events of Israel’s heritage; Jesus Christ

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what is the anthropological counterpart to God’s movement toward us?

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faith

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fideism

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“I simply have no grounds to believe”

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creedalism

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“I affirm the creeds of the church”

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religious experience

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“I experience God in my heart”

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common experience

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“I know God is real because everyone has a sense of mystery and awe”

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what is the opposite of faith according to Inbody?

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nihilism- the loss of order, meaning, and purpose in life

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fill in the blank: according to Vatican I, faith is a ________ by which “we believe that what God has revealed is true…because of the authority of God revealing it.”

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supernatural virtue

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fill in the blanks: Calvin and others argued that faith “is more of the ________ than of the brain, and more of the ________ than of the understanding”

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heart; disposition

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is there such a thing as private Christian faith, theologically speaking?

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no

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what is saving faith dependent on?

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our reception and response in belief, trust, and loyalty to God’s gracious revelation in Jesus Christ as that is received, formed, and proclaimed by the church

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what are some examples of nonverbal forms of faith?

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dance, genuflecting before an altar, rising for the reading of the gospel, receiving bread and wine

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why can the Christian faith be described as “a language”?

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Christian faith can be described as “a language” because it is one way to construct the world through words

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what are some symbols and metaphors that contain the primary meaning of the Christian faith?

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symbols such as the cross and water and metaphors such as the Word of God, the Kingdom of God, and the Lamb of God

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what is the church’s creed in the broad sense?

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its repetition and affirmation of the apostolic witness to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord

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what is the church’s primary confession of faith?

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its recital of the mystery of salvation in and through Christ, its affirmation of God’s redemptive love in human life by activity of the Holy Spirit

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true or false: creeds are reminders of the events in the history of Israel and Jesus by which our salvation is secured

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true

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what are the three creeds?

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Apostles, Nicene, Athanasian

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what is Philippians 2:6-12 called?

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the kenosis hymn

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