Quiz 8 THL

God’s act of making otherwise estranged human beings part of God’s spiritual family by including them as inheritors of the riches of divine glory is known as __.

Adoption

The doctrine of the redeeming, reconciling, and liberating work of God in Christ, in Latin the word translates to rconciliatio, is called __.

Atonement

_____ is most noted for emphasizing grace of God through his interpretation of divine sovereignty.

John Calvin

The atonement theory that interprets Jesus’ death on the cross as victory over the powers of sin, death, and the Devil is called __.

Christus Victor

The founding myth of the Israelites and the narrative describing the history of Egyptian bondage and the Israelite exodus under Moses is called __.

Exodus, the

The event in which Adam and Eve disobeyed God, resulting in corruption of human nature, is called __.

Fall, the

Divine power through the divine presence in contrast to human effort is referred to as __.

Grace

The Latin phrase meaning 'incurved in upon oneself', instead of bending toward God as the object of trust is __.

Incurvatus se

The doctrine concerning God’s gracious judicial verdict for sinners is called __.

Justification

The Sixteenth-century German Reformer who criticized the medieval Catholic church for many of its beliefs and practices and finally brok with the church.

Martin Luther

All human beings are born in sin, inheriting the guilt of, and recapitulating the __ in their actual sins.

Original Sin

The original or foundational sin, which expresses itself in the selfishness of individual pride and the injustices of collective pride.

Pride

In the context of theology, __ means the secure release or recovery of persons or things by the payment of a price. Christ’s death secure freedom from slavery to the law or to death. (1 Corinthians)

Redemption

The process by which humans are saved from the guilt and power of sin and saved is called __.

Salvation

The atonement theory that interprets Jesus’ death as restoring the offended honor of God by paying the penalty for the offense and thereby fulfilling divine justice and restoring the offender to God is known as __.

Satisfaction

The Hebrew word for peace, which denotes wholeness or completeness, is __.

Shalom

The condition through which human beings are estranged from God is referred to as __.

Sin

The section of theology that deals with the doctrine of salvation is called __.

Soteriology

The atonement theory stating that Jesus died as our substitute as the punishment for our sins is called __.

Substitution

The doctrine that sin affects every aspect of human existence. Does not mean humans are capable only of evil and incapable of any good, but rather that everything humans do is corrupted by sinfulness is known as __.

Total Depravity

Three acts of the human story drama: (Humans are…)

Creating in the image of God, Alienated from God, Redeemed by Christ

Why Theology Needs the Language of Sin

To understand the depth of the problem to which the grace of redemption is the only adequate answer

Sin as a tragic condition

Human beings are born into sin, a tragic condition of the creative process for which persons are not guilty but in which humans nevertheless participate.

Jesus death and resurrection

The cross means nothing but one more human tragedy, God’s boundless love negates the vicious circle of destructiveness, God turns human violence around and uses it against itself

Jesus Savior (Christ…)

Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Reconciliation

A late 20th Century Catholic movement in Latin America that stressed both heightened awareness of the “sinful” socioeconomic structures that caused social inequities and active participation in changing those structures.

Liberation Theology