THEO 350 Exam 1

Correspondence Theory

Truth is what exists

Coherence Theory

Something is possibly true if it is consistent with other truths

Existentialism Theory

Our experiences are the only truth

Relativism Theory

All people have their own truths

Gospel

Necessary to believe for salvation. Announcement of our victorious Lord and His kingdom

Orthodoxy

A necessary context for the Gospel - “correct teaching”

Theological Systems

Different ones can support orthodoxy → the effort to teach doctrines with logical consistency

Denominational Distinctions

These unite people within a denomination. They are not always theologically systematic

When unorthodox beliefs become heretical

Promoting unorthodox beliefs in a divisive way

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 of 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

Both

Do the New Testament writers read the Old Testament typologically, literally, or both?

Jesus: out of Egypt (Mt. 2:15)

Israel and Jesus (Matching)

Exodus: out of Egypt (Hos. 11:1)

Jesus baptized in Mt. 3

Israel and Jesus (Matching)

Baptism: Red Sea (Gen. 46:2-4, 1 Cor. 10:1-2)

Jesus tempted in the wilderness for 40 days (Mt. 4:1-11)

Israel and Jesus (Matching)

Wilderness: 40 years (Deut. 8:16)

Jesus : Sermon on the Mount (Mt. 5-7)

Israel and Jesus (Matching)

Mt. teaching: Law of Moses (Deut. 27:4-28:68)

Jesus drove out demons (Mt. 9:27)

Israel and Jesus (Matching)

Conquest: Joshua 6:27

Jesus, end of ministry: crucified

Israel and Jesus (Matching)

Captivity: taken from Promised Land (Hos. 10:9-10)

Resurrection (Mt. 20:17-19)

Israel and Jesus (Matching)

Return: rise to national life on 3rd day (Hos. 6:1-2)

Jesus promised to be with disciples as they made disciples of nations. (HS)

Israel and Jesus (Matching)

Light: promised land - light to nations (Is. 42:16)

Origen’s Method

“For just as man consists of body, soul, and spirit, so in the same way does the scripture, which has been prepared by God to be given for man’s salvation.”

Body

Literal meaning (sometimes ignored)

Soul

Moral instruction (often by example)

Spirit

The mysteries of Christ (by allegory/typology)

More literal

Was exegesis more or less literal in the reformation?

Source criticism

J= Jehovah Material

E= Elohim Material

D= Deuteronomic Law

P= Priestly Code

Q= What Matthew and Luke share which Mark omits

Form criticism

Tries to find the “forms” used to compile Scriptures

Redaction criticism

Assumes the existence and identity of “forms” then critically reviews the theology of the editors

The reader response method

What is the “New Hermeneutic” based on?

True

Practical Guidelines for Orthodoxy (True/ False)

1. Doctrines other than "orthodoxy" may be very important otherwise.

True

Practical Guidelines for Orthodoxy (True/ False)

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

False; they need TIME

Practical Guidelines for Orthodoxy (True/ False)

3. New believers need other people to understand "orthodox" beliefs.

False; level of COMMITMENT

Practical Guidelines for Orthodoxy (True/ False)

4. A person's level of tolerance to "unorthodox" beliefs should be considered - not just whether or not the person holds them.

Heretics

Practical Guidelines for Orthodoxy

5. Don't lightly call people "_________".

True

Practical Guidelines for Orthodoxy (True/ False)

6. Heretics are usually sincere.

False; NOT

Practical Guidelines for Orthodoxy (True/ False)

7. Liberals are the only heretics.

True

Practical Guidelines for Orthodoxy (True/ False)

8. Church leaders should have a high degree of unity in doctrine.

Progressive Revelation

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

The goal of “biblical continuity”

The theological effort to properly understand how each biblical passage is consistent with the Bible as a whole

What theological systems are built around

A unique “central” message gathered from the Bible as a whole that may be used to unite and contextualize everything else that the Bible says

False; there is a LACK

Biblical Continuity (true/false)

The Bible has an explicit “method” of harmonization described

Covenant theology

Sees Israel’s nation as a parenthesis in God’s ultimate plan revealed in the new covenant (Covenant or Dispensational Theology?)

Dispensational theology

Sees the church as a parenthesis in God’s original plan for national Israel (Covenant or Dispensational Theology?)

Calvinists

God is sovereign over individuals

Armenians

God is sovereign over the method of redemption

Initiated believers

Spiritually blessed (initiated believers or initiated children)

Initiated children

Temporally blessed (initiated believers or initiated children)

Covenant theology

Who says the church is a “mixed group”? (Covenant Theology, Progressive Covenantalism, or Progressive Dispensationalism)

A future millennium

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

Progressive dispensationalists

Which groups accept an “inaugurated kingdom” now? (Classic, Revised, or Progressive Dispensationalists?)

Traditional dispensationalism

Literal hermeneutic (traditional or progressive dispensationalism?)

Progressive dispensationalism

Complementary hermeneutic (traditional or progressive dispensationalism?)

Traditional covenantalism

Theological covenants (traditional or progressive covenantalism?)

Progressive covenantalism

Biblical covenants (traditional or progressive covenantalism?)

Genealogical principle

The idea that when the parents of a child are believers, their children are initiated and included in the new covenant

False; DENY

Biblical continuity

True/False- Progressive covenantalists accept the genealogical principle

The Covenant of Grace

Which covenant unites the entire biblical message?

The Baptism of Infants

What church practice led Zwingli to emphasize God’s covenants with groups?

Synthetically inferred

Is the Covenant of Redemption explicitly taught in the Bible or synthetically inferred from the Bible?

Calvinists

Unconditional election

Armenians

God’s foresight of human decisions

Perfect obedience

Is the covenant of works for “perfect” or for “regular” obedience?

Israel’s promise was physical blessings in the Land, not eternal life

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

Genesis 3:15

What Bible passage records the “protoevangelium"?

Christ

Who is “Abraham’s seed” to whom the promise was given? (Israel, Christ, or both?)

True

Doctrinal/Hermeneutical Trends in Covenant Theology True/False:

The ceremony of baptism is as efficacious as circumcision

False; it DOES

Doctrinal/Hermeneutical Trends in Covenant Theology True/False:

Infant baptism does not replace circumcision as initiated into the covenant

True

Doctrinal/Hermeneutical Trends in Covenant Theology True/False:

The church is mixed with believers and unbelievers

False; it made it EASY

Doctrinal/Hermeneutical Trends in Covenant Theology True/False:

In the past, Covenant theology made it difficult to unite church and state (as Israel did)

True

Promises As “Analogies” for Covenant Theology True/False:

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

False; it will NOT be restored and the temple will NOT be rebuilt

Israel Restored to the Land for Covenant Theology True/False:

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

Progressive covenantalism

Original context (Progressive Covenantalism or Covenant Theology?)

Covenant theology

Theological presuppositions (Progressive Covenantalism or Covenant Theology?)

Typologically

How do Christians receive all the promises?

Historical-grammatical exegesis

Human author’s intention (Historical-grammatical exegesis or reading canonically?)

Reading canonically

Sensus plenior (historical-grammatical exegesis or reading canonically?)

Textual

The immediate context

Epochal

How the immediate context relates to earlier and later ones

Canonical

How each passage relates to the whole of Scripture

Though types are “predictive,” their meanings may be disclosed only later in time

Are types both “predictive” and “disclosed only later”?

The New Covenant

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

National Israel is no longer special

Progressive covenantalism- is national Israel special?