Theology and Ethics Mid-Term

Archetypal Theology

Gods own infinite knowledge

ectypal thoelogy

human knowledge of god revealed by god

nicene creed

defends christs full deity

homoousios

same essence or substance

westminister definition of God

god is a spirit, infinite, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth

Deuteronomy 6:4 Yahweh connection

Yahweh is one

creation ex nihilo

creation out of nothing

dualism

says that the physical world is evil and needs to be gotten rid of

special revalation

God revealing himself through works of himself

General revalation

God reveling himself through nature, and providence

image of god

human dignity, dominion, representation

sin

lack of conformity to God’s will or law

providence

preservation, concurrence, government

compatibilism

God’s sovereignty and human responsibility fit together

trinity

one god, three persons

arianism

son was created, and is not fully god

modalism

one person appearing in three modes

Modalism

one person appearing in three modes

offices of christ

prophet, priest, king

TULIP

Total depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, Perserverence of the Saints

Continuatiionism

Spiritual gifts continue today

Filioque

spirit proceeds from the father and the son

tritheism

the father, son and the spirit are three separate gods

Partialism

the father, son and the spirit are each parts of God, rather than each being fully God

subordinationism

the son and the spirit are each parts of god, rather than each being fully god

theories of the image of god

substantive, relational, functional

substantive view

the image is something humans possess, such as reason, morality, spirituality, or personality

relational view

the image is seen in human capacity for relationship with god and others

functional view

the image is seen in humanity’s role or function, especially ruling over creation

attributes of scripture

inspiration, authority, inerrancy, infallibility, clarity, necessity, sufficiency

incommunicable attributes

Attributes of God that he does not share with us eternity, omnipresence, immutability, aseity

communicable attributes

Attributes God shares with us, love, joy

attributes of god

aseity, immutability, eternity, omni…holiness, justive, goodness, love, sovereignty