Theo II Midterm Review

Question 1

definition of theology

Answer 1

study of God and everything in relation to God

Question 2

since God is incomprehensible what language do we use for God

Answer 2

analogical

Question 3

four major disciplines within theological studies

Answer 3

biblical, historical, philosophical, & systematic

Question 4

first step in the theological method

Answer 4

prayer

Question 5

the true form of what something is

Answer 5

archetype

Question 6

ascribing to God humanlike emotions

Answer 6

anthropopathism

Question 7

what field of theology studies the end of all things

Answer 7

eschatology

Question 8

what field of theology studies the doctrine of the church

Answer 8

ecclesiology

Question 9

what field of theology studies the doctrine of sin

Answer 9

hammartiology

Question 10

is the doctrine of the Trinity primary, secondary, or tertiary

Answer 10

primary

Question 11

doctrine that teaches that all three persons of the trinity are the SAME essence

Answer 11

homoosion

Question 12

who denied the humanness of Jesus & argued that his ONE nature was divine

Answer 12

monophysites

Question 13

Christology doctrine teaches that Jesus has two wills

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dyotheletism

Question 14

Christology doctrine that teaches the relationship between Jesus’s human and divine natures

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communicatio idiomatum

Question 15

doctrine that says Jesus laid down his glory to become human

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kenotic Christology

Question 16

doctrine that teaches us that during Jesus earthly humiliation, his divine nature was at work in the economic operation of the trinity

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extra calvanisticum

Question 17

Christological impeccability teaches:

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Jesus was unable to sin

Question 18

Christological error “Christ’s odium” teaches

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in the atonement, the Father had a hatred of the Son

Question 19

what does the heresy of adoption teach?

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the Son was adopted into glory by the Father during his lifetime

Question 20

Holy Spirit is best understood as

Answer 20

a person of the Trinity

Question 21

what doctrine teaches that even though God is incomprehensible, he still wants to be known & makes an effort to communicate with us?

Answer 21

divine accommodation

Question 22

what is the best location of the church?

Answer 22

the church

Question 23

secondary level of theological triage

Answer 23

doesn’t define orthodoxy, but it affects fellowship

Question 24

what is the Creator/creature distinction?

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God is not only bigger, but is wholly separate and different with us.

Question 25

three offices of Christ

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priest, prophet, and king

Question 26

[t/f] docetism says Jesus was poor in spirit and must remain a slave

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FALSE; docetism says that Jesus's humanity was an illusion and he appeared to be human but really wasn't

Question 27

early heresy in the Church that held Christ was two person (a human and a divine)

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nestorianism

Question 28

saw that God presented himself as three "modes"

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sabellianism

Question 29

"in Christ language"

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Union with Christ

Question 30

[t/f] apollinarianism is the christological heresy that says Jesus had a real physical body, but his mind soul & body were divine.

Answer 30

TRUE

Question 31

deals with humanity of Jesus & its relation to the divinity of Jesus

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chalcedonian creed

Question 32

what controversy deals with question of whether Spirit processes from Father or the Father "and the Son"

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filoque controversy

Question 33

pneumatological heresy that states the spirit is not divine by virtue of the spirit not possessing creative power

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pneumatomachians

Question 34

the fact that the spirit testifies, teaches, leads, and prays shows us that the spirit is...

Answer 34

a person

Question 35

what field of theology attempts to synthesize, summaries, and construct from other fields of theology?

Answer 35

systematic theology

Question 36

what field of theology examines what certain authors had to say about certain doctrines?

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biblical theology

Question 37

primary person of the Triune God that we can appropriate scripture to is the:

Answer 37

Spirit

Question 38

what argument shows the divinity of the Spirit?

Answer 38

baptismal formula

Question 39

[t/f] best way to do theology is to gather all pertinent verses on the subject and work to summarize them.

Answer 39

FALSE

Question 40

[t/f] while apostles were carried along by the Spirit, the prophets spoke through the Son.

Answer 40

FALSE

Question 41

[t/f] Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God.

Answer 41

FALSE

Question 42

does the Trinity has 3 distinct wills?

Answer 42

no

Question 43

what doctrine was heavily discussed at the council of Chalcedon that dealt with Christ's two natures coming together into his single person?

Answer 43

hypostatic union

Question 44

what field of theology studies the doctrine of salvation

Answer 44

soteriology

Question 45

reasons (4) to study theology

Answer 45

1. Because we are already a theologian 2. Theology helps us administer reality 3. It edifies our soul as it clarifies 4. To glorify God