Theology 61-80 Flashcards
(34 cards)
Define Expiation
taking sin away, cancellation of sin
Know the 3-fold use of the law
pedagogical (mirror God and ourself), civil (restrain evil), moral (christian living, family code)
Define Concomitance:
Describes the presence of both the body and blood of Christ in the bread and wine
4 arguments for proving God’s existence:
ontological (anselm, best is real not imaginative…impossible to say “I can think of a person being that does not exist.”)
cosmological (cause behind the universe. Aristolic - can’t be an infinite chain of causations). teleological (fine tuning, it is not an accident).
moral argument - why do we debate if there is morality. they are not opinions.
3 ways to argue for the existence of God
a priori (ontological), a posteriori (cosmological, teleological), existential
priori: argues from conception of God as being perfect that his nonexistence is inconceivable.
posteriori: gives evidence from the world, empirical universe, insist that God is necessary to explain certain features of the cosmos.
existential: no one argues for something that they directly experience.
How has sin affected man?
Original sin and noetic effect
2 elements of conversion
faith and repentance
3 divisions of the law
ceremonial, civil, and moral
The 3 marks of the church
preaching/Word, Admin/Sacraments, Discipline
6 principles of election
God is sov, man is fallen, rescue from sin and guilt, involves salvation, election is individual, goal is praise and glory of God
Know TULIP
T (Rom 3:23, Rom 6:23). U (Rom 9:10-13: purpose of election might continue, not because of works, but because he calls. Jacob I love, but Esau I hated. L (John 6:37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away, John 17 Jesus thanks the Father that he has kept those the Father had given him ). I (Rom 8:30 whom He predestined, also called; also justified; he also glorified, Rev 22:7 Spirit and Bride says “come!”). P (Phil 1:6).
How did Christ view the OT?
Quotes OT passage, esp Deuteronomy. Believe in historical Adam (Matt 19), Luke 24
‘Until Heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the law, until all is accomplished’ (Matt 5:18).
Last Day passage
1 Cor 15
The Church Visible and Invisible
2 Tim 2:19 “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”
What does ex nihilo mean?
Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
God, the author of sin?
Rom 5:12-21 Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ
True prophet test of the OT
Deut 18:20 A prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”
Christ’s humiliation and exhaltation
Phil 2:8-9
Theology of Ebionites
End of 2nd century. First mentioned by Irenaeus. Poor are God’s fav. It appears that this group settled east of the Jordan, ascetic mode of life, and emphasized full observance of the Mosaic law. Reject divinity and Paul as apostle
Theology of Montanists
2nd century movement. Imminent return of Christ. Await with strict moral code. Claimed for divine revelation continued during its day. and brought the issue of canonicity into discussion.
Theology of Arianism
“There was a time when he was not.” Son of God was not eternal but created before the foundation of the world by the Father.
Theology of Gnosticism
2nd century. Salvation through gnōsis, or “knowledge,” that is, of one’s origins. Cosmological dualism was an essential feature of Gnosticism—an opposition between the spiritual world and the evil, material world. God is often described as incomprehensible, unknowable, and transcendent.
Eusebius
(3rd-4th century) Bishop of Caesarea, “the father of church history”. He gives of what Christians of the first centuries thought about the authorship and canonicity of the NT books. He was Constantine’s primary theological advisor thus influenced the Christian empire and Council of Nicea.
Tertulian
(2nd-3rd century) From Carthage, North Africa. “The last of Greek apologists and first of Latin fathers.” Famous for formulation of Trinity and writing against Marcion. Famously asked the question of “‘What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” He joined the Montanist movement later in life.
