Exam 1

4 Theological Systems

Correspondence

truth is what exists

Coherence

Something is possibly true if it is consistent with other truths

Existentialism

Our experiences are the only truth

Relativism

All people have their own truths

Gospel

Necessary to believe for salvation

Orthodoxy

A necessary context for the Gospel

Theological Systems

Different ones can support orthodoxy

Denominational distinctions

These unite people in a denomination

When do unorthodox beliefs become heretical?

They become heretical when they are promoted in a divisive way

“Practical Guidelines” T/F

Doctrines other than “orthodoxy” may be very UNIMPORTANT otherwise

False

“Practical Guidelines” T/F

Orthodoxy is not essential to godliness, but it is to consistency

True

“Practical Guidelines” T/F

New believers need time to understand “orthodox” beliefs

True

“Practical Guidelines” T/F

A person’s level of commitment to “unorthodox” beliefs should NOT be considered--not just whether or not the person holds them

False

“Practical Guidelines” T/F

Don’t lightly call people “heretics”

True

“Practical Guidelines” T/F

Heretics are usually harsh

False

“Practical Guidelines” T/F

“Liberals” are the only heretics

False

“Practical Guidelines” T/F

Church leaders should have a high degree of unity in doctrine

True

Exegesis

a carefully worked interpretation

Literal

a simply grammatical reading which tends to ignore symbolism

Metaphor

a figure of speech intended to be understood symbolically

Allegory

a protracted, coherent use of metaphor

Spiritualize

allegorically interpreting passages intended to be literal

Genre

any style writing

Meaning

what a writer meant to convey

Significance

a conclusion drawn from a text which is relevant to the reader’s context

Historical/Grammatical

interpreting according to the ancient use of the language for the time and place in which it was written

NT writers read the OT…

Christologically

Israel and Jesus Comparison

Exodus

Egypt - Hosea 11:1 and Matthew 2:15

Israel and Jesus Comparison

Baptism

Red Sea - 1 Cor. 10:1-2 and Baptism - Matthew

Israel and Jesus Comparison

Wilderness

40 years - Deut. 8:16 and 40 days Matthew 4:1-11

Israel and Jesus Comparison

Mountain Teaching

Gather at mountains - Deut. 27:4 - 28:68 and 5:3-11 / ch. 24-25

Israel and Jesus Comparison

Conquest

nations-Joshua 6:27 and demons - Matthew 9:27

Israel and Jesus Comparison

Captivity

displaced - Hosea 10:9-10 and died

Israel and Jesus Comparison

Return

promised Land - Hosea 6:1-2 and resurrection - 16:21, 17:22, 20:17-19

Israel and Jesus Comparison

Light to the world

to nations - Isaiah 42:6 and disciples 28:19-20

Origen’s Method

Body

literal meaning

Origen’s Method

soul

moral instruction

Origen’s Method

Spirit

the mysteries of Christ

T/F - Exegesis was more liberal during the Reformation

False

Redaction Criticism

Mark

661 total verses

Redaction Criticism

Q

235 from Matthew and Luke

Redaction Criticism

Matthew

600 from Mark

300 unique verses

Redaction Criticism

Luke

350 from Mark

520 unique verses

What is the “New Hermeneutic” based on?

Reader response

Define “Progressive Revelation”

the accumulation of inspired biblical texts across 1,400 years of writing history and societal development

What is the goal of “biblical continuity”

the goal is properly understand how each biblical passage is constant with the Bible as a whole

What are theological systems built around?

unity and contextualize of the Bible

T/F - The lack of a “method” of harmonization explicitly described in the Bible

True

Israel and Church

Covenant Theology

Israel’s nation as a parenthesis in God’s ultimate plan

Israel and Church

Dispensational Theology

Church is a parenthesis to God’s original plan

What groups says God is sovereign over individuals

Calvinists

What groups says God is over the method of redemption

Arminians

Covenant Theology

initiated believers

spiritually blessed

Covenant Theology

initiated children

temporally blessed

Who says the Church is a mixed group?

Covenant Theology

In what future prophetic period will Israel’s “unique role” be fulfilled?

the millennium

which groups accept an “inaugurated kingdom” now?

Progressive Dispensationalists

Literal hermeneutics is apart of what dispensational group?

traditional

complementary hermeneutics is a part of what dispensational group?

progressive

biblical covenants is a part of what covenantal group?

progressive

theological covenants is a part of what covenantal group?

traditional

T/F - Progressive covenantalism accepts genealogical principle

False

What is the Genealogical principle

children who are initiated are blessed until they believe and become initiated believers

which covenants unites the entire biblical message, according to Covenant Theology

the covenant of God’s covenants grace

what church practice led Zwingli to emphasize God’s covenants with gourds?

infant baptism

is the Covenant of Redemption explicitly taught or synthetically inferred

synthetically inferred

What group teaches “unconditional election” or election “by God’s foresight of human decisions”

Calvinists

Covenant of Works for “perfect” or for “regular” obedience

perfect

Mosaic Covenant: How was the Mosaic covenant “different in context” from the “covenant of works”?

The mosaic Covenant was similar in wording, but different in context. Israel’s promise was physical blessings in the Land, not eternal life

Covenant of Grace

What is the Bible passage that records the “protoevangelium”

Genesis 3:15

Who is “Abraham’s seed” to whom the promise was given: Israel/Christ/both

Christ

Doctrinal / Hermeneutical Trends in CT - T/F

the ceremony of baptism is as efficacious as circumcision

True

Doctrinal / Hermeneutical Trends in CT - T/F

infant baptism does NOT replace circumcision as initiation into the covenant

False

Doctrinal / Hermeneutical Trends in CT - T/F

Churches therefore are not mixed with believers and unbelievers

False

Doctrinal / Hermeneutical Trends in CT - T/F

Unity between church and state

True

Doctrinal / Hermeneutical Trends in CT - T/F

Earthly promises for Israel are now only analogies of spiritual ones for the church

True

Doctrinal / Hermeneutical Trends in CT - T/F

the nation of Israel will be restored to the Land and rebuild God’s Temple

False

Who reads biblical passages with more attention to their original context

Progressive Covenantalism

who reads biblical passages with more attention to theological presuppositions

Covenant Theology

How do Christians revise all the promises? - Progressive Covenantalism (literally or typologically)

Literally

what is the human author’s intent known through?

historical / grammatical exegesis

what is God’s own sensus plenios discerned through?

reading canonically

Define: Textual

the immediate context

Define: Epochal

how the immediate context relates to earlier and later ones

Define: Cannonical

how each passage relates to the whole of scripture

T/F - types are both “predictive” and “disclosed only later”

True

Which covenant is the “telos” (culmination) of all the covenants?

The New Covenant

T/F - national Israel is no longer special (according to PC)

True

Two Sentences: What was the most important thing we discussed? Why do you think so.

Answer Accordingly