Christian Theology 2 Quiz #3

Anthropology

The study of man

Hamartiology

study of sin

Soteriology

study of salvation

Image of God

The nature of man such that he is like God and represents God

dichotomy

a division into two parts, body and (soul/spirit)

Trichotomy

The view that man is made up of three parts: body, soul, and spirit.

Traducianism

The view that the soul of a child is inherited from the baby's mother and father at the time of conception.

impute

to think of as belonging to someone and therefore to cause it to belong to that person

inherited guilt

The idea that God counts all people guilty because of Adam's sin

inherited sin

The guilt and the tendency to sin which all people inherit because of

Adam's sin (often referred to as "original sin")

Original Sin

The tradition term for the doctrine referred to in this text as inherited sin

Propitiation

A sacrifice that bears God's wrath to the end and in so doing changes God's wrath toward us into favor.

Total Depravity

The traditional term for the doctrine referred to in this text as "total inability"

Sin

a failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature

Election

An act of God before creation in which he chose some people to be saved, not on account of any foreseen merit in them, but only because of his sovereign good pleasure.

forknowledge

related to the doctrine of election the personal relational knowledge by which God thought of certain people in a saving relationship to Himself before Creation, this is to be distinguished from the mere facts or knowledge of a person

Predestination

another term for election in reformed theology, this is a broader term that includes not only election (for believers) but also for reprobation (for non-believers)

reprobation

The sovereign decision of God before creation to pass over some persons, in sorrow deciding not to save them, and to punish them for their sins, and thereby to manifest his justice.

born again

Scriptural term referring to God's work of regeneration by which he imparts new spiritual life to us

Born of the Spirit

Another term for regeneration that indicates the special role played by the Holy Spirit in imparting new spiritual life to us

Irresistible Grace

The action of God whereby he effectively calls people and also gives them regeneration, both of which guarantee that we will respond in saving faith. This term is subject to misunderstanding since it seems to imply that people do not make a voluntary, willing choice in responding to the gospel.

Regeneration

A secret act of God in which he imparts new spiritual life to us; sometimes called "being born again"

Faith

Trust or dependence on God based on the fact that we take him at his word and believe what he has said

Adoption

an act of God whereby he makes us members of His family

Eternal Security

Another term for "perseverance of the saints." However, this term can be misunderstood to mean that all who have once made a profession of faith are "eternally secure" in their salvation when they may not have been genuinely converted at all.

In Christ

A term referring to a variety of relationships between believers and Christ through which Christians receive the benefits of salvation

Repentance

a heartfelt sorrow for sin, a renouncing of it, and a sincere commitment to forsake it and walk in obedience to Christ

Perfectionism

the view that sinless perfection, or freedom from conscious sin, is possible in this life for the Christian

Perseverance of the Saints

the doctrine that all those who are truly born again will be kept by God's power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives and that only those who persevere until the end have been truly born again

Union with Christ

Phrase that summarizes several different relationships between

believers and Christ, through which Christians receive every benefit of salvation.

These relationships include the fact that we are in Christ, Christ is in us, we are like

Christ, and we are with Christ.

Trust

an aspect of biblical faith or belief in which we not only know and agree with facts about Jesus, but also place personal trust in him as a living person.

Sanctification

A progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives.

infused righteousness

Righteousness that God actually puts into us and that changes us internally

Sinless Perfection

The state of being totally free from sin. Some erroneously hold that such a state is possible in this life

Annihilationism

The teaching that after death unbelievers suffer the penalty of God's wrath for a time and then are "annihilated," or destroyed, so that they no longer exist. Some forms of this teaching hold that annihilation occurs immediately upon death.

Death

the termination of life brought about by the entrance of sin into the world.

Justification

An instantaneous legal act of God in which he (1) thinks of our sins as forgiven and Christ's righteousness as belonging to us, and (2) declares us to be righteous in his sight.

Assurance of Salvation

The internal sense we may have based upon certain evidences in our lives that we are truly "born again" and will persevere as Christians until the end

of our lives.

Soul Sleep

the doctrine that believers go into a state of unconscious existence when they die and that they return to consciousness when Christ returns and raises them to eternal life

Glorification

The final step in the application of redemption. It will happen when Christ returns and raises from the dead the bodies of all believers for all time who have died, and reunites them with their souls, and changes the bodies of all believers who remain alive, thereby giving all believers at the same time perfect resurrection bodies like his own.

Ecclesiology

study of the church

Body of Christ

A scriptural metaphor for the church. This metaphor is used in two different ways, one to stress the interdependence of the members of the body, and one to stress Christ's headship of the church.

Church

the community of all true believers for all time

Ekklēsia

Greek term translated "church" in the New Testament. The word literally means "assembly" and in the Bible indicates the assembly or congregation of the people of God.

Invisible Church

the church as God sees it

Visible Church

The church as Christians on earth see it

Purity of the Church

The church's degree of freedom from wrong doctrine and conduct, and its degree of conformity to God's revealed will for the church.

Unity of the Church

The church's degree of freedom from divisions among true Christians.

Excommunication

The final step in church discipline in which a person is put out of the fellowship, or "communion", of the church.

Power of the Church

The church's God-given authority to carry on spiritual warfare,

proclaim the gospel, and exercise church discipline.

Means of Grace

Any activities within the fellowship of the church that God uses to give more grace to Christians.

Sacrament

In protestant teaching, a ceremony or rite that the church observes as a sign of continuing grace in their lives.

Believer's Baptism

The view that baptism is appropriately administered only to those who give a believable profession of faith in Jesus Christ.

Immersion

A method of baptizing whereby the whole person is submerged in water.

Paedobaptism

The practice of baptizing infants

Communion

the Lord's Supper

Consubstantiation

Luther's belief that the bread and wine is not changed but that Christ is present in spirit only

Transubstantiation

the changing of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ

Eschatology

The study of "the last things," or future events (from the Greek eschatos, "last").

Imminent

A term referring to the fact that Christ could return and might return at any time, and that we are to be prepared for him to come at any day.

Parousia

The second coming of Christ (from the Greek parousia, "coming").

Preterism

Eschatological view that interprets some or all prophecies of the Bible as events which have already been fulfilled in history. The belief that Christ returned spiritually in AD 70 when the Jewish temple was destroyed, and that therefore we should not expect any additional future return of Christ.

Second coming of Christ

The sudden, personal, visible, bodily return of Christ from heaven to earth.

Amillennialism

The view that there will be no literal thousand-year bodily reign of Christ on earth prior to the final judgment and the eternal state; on this view, scriptural references to the millennium in Revelation 20 actually describe the present church age.

Dispensational-Premillennialism

Another term for "pretribulational premillennialism." The term "dispensational" is used because most proponents of this view wish to maintain a clear distinction between the church and Israel, with whom God deals under different arrangements, or "dispensations."

Millennium

a 1,000-year period mentioned in Revelation 20:1-6, representing the reign of Jesus Christ and his saints, often associated with the binding of Satan

Postmillennialism

The view that Christ will return to the earth after the millennium. In this view, the millennium is an age of peace and righteousness on the earth, brought about by the progress of the gospel and the growth of the church

Rapture

The "taking up" or snatching up (from Latin rapio, "seize, snatch, carry away") of believers to be with Christ when he returns to the earth

Eternal Conscious Punishment

A description of the nature of punishment in hell, which will be unending and of which the unbeliever will be fully aware.

Great White Throne Judgement

Another term for the final judgment spoken of in Revelation 20:11-15

Hell

A place of eternal conscious punishment for the wicked

Universalism

The doctrine that all people will ultimately be saved

Heaven

The place where God most fully makes his presence to bless. It is in heaven where God most fully reveals his glory, and where angels, other heavenly creatures, and redeemed saints all worship him.

New heavens and earth

A description of the entirely renewed creation in which believers will dwell after the final judgment