Vocab I-Q Flashcards
(25 cards)
Immanence
the nearness or involvement of God in the world.
Incarnation
“becoming flesh;”
Justification
the act by which God brings people into proper or right relationship with himself In Paul the justification or righteousness of God is to be received by faith, not works.
Kerygma
(literally “proclamation”): the early Christian preaching about Jesus as the Christ intended to elicit the decision of faith.
Kingdom of God
God’s lordship over humankind and the world.
Koine
the everyday Greek
Law
revelation of God through Moses
Lord’s Supper
the church’s continuing reenactment of the last supper
Manuscripts
handwritten documents
Messiah
Hebrew term meaning “anointed one.”
Miracle
: an extraordinary event, contrary to normal expectations
Nag Hammadi
village in upper (southern) Egypt, near the place where a collection of Gnostic writings were discovered
Oral Tradition
teaching transmitted from person to person or by word of mouth
Orthodoxy
from the Greek, literally meaning “right opinion”
Paganism
any of the polytheistic religions of the Greco-Roman world
Parable
a brief story that makes its point by the unusual development or imagery of the narrative.
Paraclete
: helper, comforter, or healer
Paraenesis
a Greek term meaning moral exhortation.
Parousia
the early Christian belief in the appearance or second coming of Christ.
Passover
the annual Jewish celebration of the deliverance from slavery
Pericope
Term is used of the individual, complete units of tradition about Jesus
Propitiation
a placating or pacifying of the deity
Pseudepigrpha
particularly a group of late Jewish
writings claiming the Old Testament figures as their authors.
Q source
the hypothetical source, consisting of sayings of Jesus
