Systematic Theology Final

What are the 3 views of the imago Dei?

1. Structural/Substantival – When God created us, he gave us a soul

2. Functional - It is the authority God have given us

3. Relational – We are relational beings like the Triune of God

What are the 3 views of the human constitution?

1. Trichotomy – human is made out of three substances (Body, soul, spirit)

2. Dichotomy – human is made out of two substances (Body and soul)

3. Monism – humans is made out of one substance (Body)

What are the 2 views of the origin of the soul?

1. Creationism - God creates each individual soul. God is always creating.

2. Traducianism - the soul is transmitted by parents to their children. Soul and body come from parents

What are the 2 views of the male-female relations?

1. Patriarchalism/Complementarianism – men are the head of the family

2. Egalitarianism – men and women are equal

What are the 3 views of the status of Adam and Eve?

1. Biological - Literal historical account; Cain’s wife and does

2. Representative - Fairly literal;Gen 1 as creation of other humans besides Adam and Eve

3. Symbolic - ancestors or all humanity; Symbolize early human beings (not real)

What are the key points on Satan/the Devil?

Satan/The Devil - Meaning of the name: Satan in Hebrew means “Adversary”

- In the courtroom (The prosecutor)

- On the battlefield (Your foe)

What are the key points of the Devil’s Functions?

Accuser

Tempter and Deceiver

Ruler of This Age

What are the Devil’s origins?

Ancient Serpent

Fallen Angel

Prous Spirit

What are the Spiritual Forces of Evil?

Unclean Spirits

Fallen Angels

Ruling Powers

What are the key points of Spirit Warfare?

Focus

Territorial Spirits

Familiar Spirits

Binding and Loosing

Divine and Demonic names

Rebuking the Devil

Exorcisms and Sanctification

The Weapons of Our Warfare

What is original righteousness?

The idea that we are morally upright, or innocent of sin. If people acted sinfully, then their original righteousness was forever damaged

What is the Fall?

The fall of humanity because of Adam and Eve

What is natural headship?

We sinned in Adam

What is Federal headship?

Adam sinned for us; our representative

What is venial sin?

Venial sins weaken the spiritual well-being of a person

What is moral sin?

More severe than venial sin

Result in spiritual death

What is original sin?

We inherit Adam’s sin nature and sin guilt. Humans cannot not sin

What is original guilt?

Humans are bound to sin no matter where it comes from

What is Pelagianism?

No depravity

Adam and Eve set a bad example

What is Concupiscence?

This signifies a sinful disposition–in which the lower appetites of sensuous parts of humanity overturn the rational and volitional parts of humanity, which were themselves distorted as a result of the Fall.

What is total depravity?

Every part of us is damaged and corrupted by sin

What is the legal definition of sin?

Any violation of God’s perfect law, whether intentional or not

What is the ethical definition of sin?

Willful transgression of a known law of God

What is the assumption of Mariology?

At the end of her earthly life, Mary was taken body and soul into heaven

What is co-redemptrix with Mary?

She is suffering with us. And her suffering helps save us. It has a saving power joined with Jesus

What is Immaculate Conception?

When she was conceived, Mary was preserved from original sin

What is Mediatrix?

The feminine word for a mediator. She is the mediator between us and Christ

What is perpetual virginity?

·Virgo en partu? Virgo post partum? (This view says that Jesus’ brothers and sisters were not actually his biological siblings)

What is Virgo en partu?

Mary’s body did not change with Jesus’ birth, like normal sexual intercourse and birth does

What is virgo post partum?

Mary’s surprise shows she had vowed celibacy; Joseph would not have defiled Mary’s holy womb

What is the meaning behind the name Queen of Heaven?

The idea that Mary is over all the saints and angels

What is the virgin birth?

Mary had Jesus as a virgin

What is theology?

The study of God

What is orthodoxy?

Consistency in Scripture

What is general revelation?

Accessible to everyone through creation (nature, reason, conscience)

What is special revelation?

Accessible to certain people in certain times and places (Israel, Church, Bible)

What are the 3 criteria for canonization of the OT and NT?

Community Consensus (Catholicity)

Authorship (Apostolicity)

Consistency (Orthodoxy)

What is Gnosticism?

The material world is inferior creation of intermediary spirit-beings.

High God has sent a nonphysical Christi to teach the way to escape this world

What is Marcionism?

The wrathful, legalistic creator god of the Jews is different from & inferior to the merciful, gracious Father of Jesus the OT contradicts the NT; Jesus came from heaven without being born.

What is Montanism?

Montanism is the final revelation predicted by Christ (John 14-16)

the 2nd coming is imminent; more rigorous ethics enforced

What is Sola Scriptura?

Scripture alone is the final authority on religious matters.

What is the Wesleyan Quadrilateral?

Scripture

Tradition

Reason

Experience

What are autographs?

The original manuscripts of the Scripture

What is Inerrancy of the Bible?

The Bible is true about all matters

What is infallibility of Scripture?

The Bible is true in all matters of Faith and Practice, but not in matters of science and practice

What is Biblical Canon?

A sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works

What is Deuterocanon/Apocrypha?

the books of Maccabees and Esdras, Tobit, Judith, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Wisdom of Solomon, additions to Jeremiah, Daniel, and Esther. Included in Roman Catholic and Eastern orthodox canons, not included in Jewish and Protestant canons. Valuable to read in addition to the Bible

What is Tetragrammaton?

The Greek 4 letters YHWH

What is transcendence?

God is so much higher and bigger than us. We wouldn’t know him or interact with him without revelation. God surpasses our finite human abilities to conceive and describe.

What is Immanence?

God is near, present, everywhere, ubiquitous, omnipresent

What is immutability?

This is used to describe the constancy of God and God’s character. God’s will may change, but God himself does not change

What is Omnipotence?

All-powerful

What is Omnipresence?

Ever present

What is Omniscience?

All-knowing

What is monotheism?

The belief in one God

What is polytheism?

Belief in many gods

What is pantheism?

The belief that everything is God

What is panentheism?

The belief all is in God; Dualism

What is Manichaeism?

this is the idea that there are two equal forces; one evil one good

What is providence?

This describes how God govens, sustains, and takes care of the world

What is compatibilism?

We are free to will whatever we want, but what we want is determined by God

What is incompatibilism?

The belief that true human freedom is not consistent with the belief that God determined all things.

What is Anthropomorphism?

Giving God human-like qualities, like having hands, and showing him interact with human beings.

What is the problem of evil?

the issue that there is evil in the world. If God is good and all-powerful, then how come there is still evil in the world

What is the free will defense?

The idea that evil in the world was caused by humans’ free choices

What is Creation ex nihilo?

Creation from nothing

What is theodicy?

justifies the existence of God’s power and love in a world of evil

What is holiness?

A state of being holy

What is aseity?

God does not depend on anything to exist

What is heresy?

It originally meant another “choice” or “opinion.” Heretical beliefs were thought to address parts of biblical teaching but not all of it.”

What is Homoousios?

Being od one essence or the same substance

What is modalism?

There is only one God, but that God’s various appearances make it seem as if there are multiple divine persons

What is tritheism?

Affirming that all three person of the Godhead are separate

What is deism?

God created the world and then took a step back; distant God

What is the dictation/mechanical view on inspiration?

This view argues that God dictated the very words of Scripture recorded by human authors or copyists. The people writing were passive in their role

What is the verbal/plenary view on inspiration?

Hold that all parts of Scripture are inspired, but they place more emphasis on the human role of people in writing Scripture.

What is the concursive view on inspiration?

God simultaneously revealed truth while the human authors was moved to write. They worked together

What is the dynamic view?

They affirm that God inspired portions of Scripture or especially important ideas contained in it, but also that the human authors had freedom to write in accordance with the situatedness of their particular place and time.

What is the mystical illumination view?

human authors are thought to be intimately communing with God, where their normal powers of writing are heightened. No specific words of God are communicated to the authors. They must write on their own.

What is the ontological argument for God?

God is the most perfect being imaginable, the most perfect being must exist or it wouldn’t be perfect. So, God must exist.

What is the cosmological argument?

Everything that’s dependent has a cause. The cause of the universe is God. God is the first cause.

What is the teleological argument?

God is the arranger/designer of the universe

What is Ousia?

Substance. All people of the Trinity are all equally God

Whay is hypostases or personae?

Each person of the Trinity is its own person

What is Calvinist’s view on divine providence and foreknowledge?

God caused everything

What is the Arminian view?

God knew everything for sure what would happen without causing it all

What is the Open Theism view?

God knew what would probably happen.

What are the basic points of angiology/ biblical data on angels?

o   Created

o   Not worthy of worship

o   Not omniscient

o   Do no marry

o    Serve God and God’s people

o   Guard individuals and nations

o   Are powerful

o   Will be judged/ruled by God’s people