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French Revolution
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1789
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Theophilus
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"lover of God"
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traveled to antioch...
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paul
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Disp. Hermeneutic
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follow literal interpretations
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God's creation is __________.
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Good
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atman
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the principle of life.
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Diaspora
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Meaning “dispersion”, referring to the Jews who were dispersed outside the Jewish
homeland. Differ from the Palestinian Jews in the fact that being so far from the Temple, they
were forced to place more stress on the Torah and the synagogue.
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What is foretelling?
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Predicting future events
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metaonia
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a turning related to conversion
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univocal
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having only one meaning; unambiguous.
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t/f The baptismal ritual is essentially private and can best be celebrated witht he family at home
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false
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Humanism
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renaissance humanism was a literary and historical movement to recover the latin and greek classics, and with them to discover a more secular and individualistic view of humanity. Modern humanism is a philosophy that focuses on and exalts humanity
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Gregory 1
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"Gregory the Great" - Supporter of the reforms advocated by the monastery at Cluny, spoke out against the practices of simony, alienation of property, and lay investiture
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a third-century B.C. Greek translation of the Old Testament which, according to legend, was completed in 70 days by 70 translators, each of the entire text, working independently of one another and yet arriving at completely identical results, thereby con
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Septuagint
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Water
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The Water symbolizes the effectiveness and sufficiency of the Spirit's ministry
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maintained that jewish independence is possible only by a military overthrow of romans
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zealots
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Isaiah 40-66
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Book of consolation (New Exodus/Restoration)
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terse
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neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
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Premillennialism
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Based on a literal fulfillment of "Biblical Covenant"
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t/f In infant baptism, the parents seek baptism for their child and express their wish to raise him or her in the faith
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true
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Election
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– the idea, emphasized most strongly by John Calvin, that G-d mysteriously chooses to enter into special relationship with some persons and groups, but not with others
a. Online Notes: Calvin’s places a great deal of stress on the doctrine of election—the idea that God chooses those with whom he will enter into a covenant relationship.
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Hagia Sophia
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great church in Constantinople where the patriarch of Constantinople held services and the Byzantine emperors were crowned until 1453 AD when Constantinople was conquered by Muslims and the church became a mosque. Justinian rebuilt in 538 AD.
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Mount Sinai
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Where Moses recieved the Ten Commandments.
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________ was chosen to fill Judas's place.
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Matthias
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Who is Abraham's son from Sarah's maid?
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Ismael
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What is Deuteronomy 6:4 also called?
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the Shema
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What are the comparative attributes of God?
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Omniscience
Omnipresence
Omnipotence
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Hellenism
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The spread of Greek culture including polytheism spread by Alexander the Great
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jesus's family could be traced to
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king david.
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Acc. to Romans 5:13-14, what 'exercied dominiion from Adam to Moses'? And what was only 'reckoned' after the law?
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death
sin
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GN 17
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Great Name- Name change and circumcisionAbraham ("father of multitude of nations)
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the study of bones from archaeological excavations (studies the nonpathological aspects of bones as well as the pathological)
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OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY
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"he who contends with God"
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What does Israel mean?
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Incarnation
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the act of manifesting in a bodily form, a bodily form assumed by a god
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Titus 2:13
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13looking for the blessed hope and the (A)appearing of the glory of (B)our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
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Deism
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the view that G-d created the world but does not thereafter intervene in its operation. In this view, the world is like a watch or clock, which runs on its own without the help of the watchmaker, G-d
a. Online Notes: belief that God designed the world and started it going, but does not now intervene in the workings of the universe. This entailed a rejection of prophecy, miracles, providence, the incarnation and special revelation. Deists espoused a religion based on nature and reason alone
b. Notes: G-d designed world and got it going but now does not intervene
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Epistles
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writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually a formal letter. The letters in the New Testament from Apostles to Christians are usually referred to as epistles.
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Jephthah
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A judge of Israel who vowed to sacrafice to God the first thing that greeted him after gaining victory over the Ammonites.
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"Events that are not commited by human beings, but that have negative consequences for humanity and other sentient creatures" (FRT, 415)
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natural evil
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The list of inspired books. Greek for "measuring rod"
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Canon
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relics
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the bodily remains of martyrs or other saints
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Millennialism
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The dominant view is that the thousand years should be seen as a symbolic number. For Augustine and many others, the promised reign of Christ on earth was already fulfilled in the life of the church, the city of God, on pilgrimage in this world. “The promise of the millennial kingdom in the Book of Revelation.”
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human reason (rationality)
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The so called “hard” or “positive sciences” tended to be given pride of places. A number of modern thinkers suggested that with the further maturation and evolution of humanity, religion as pre-modern and pre-critical would simply disappear. Champions of this view are Marx and Freud.
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form criticism
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chriticism that helps us read the gospels intelligently; two examples are historical narrative and parable
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56) how it contributed
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a) had other monasteries follow their example
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apostasy
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a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.
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Revealed will
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Things that God has revealed are given to us for the purpose of obeying God's will.
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Seventh-Day Adventists
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an American church that emerged out of the millennial expectation that accompanied the second Great Awakening, a spiritual renewal that spread across the United States and its territories toward the beginning of the nineteenth century. They observe Saturday as the proper day for worship and view a literal reading of the Bible as the only fuel of faith
a. Online Notes: started with the prophecies of William Miller (who predicted Jesus would return in 1843) – reorganized under the leadership of James and Ellen White – observe Saturday as day of worship and Sunday worship is the “mark of the beast”
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Golden Calf
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The golden idol that was created by the Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites.
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What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?
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homosexual rape
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What does Lombard reject?
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the Augustinian idea that creation happens in a simultaneous event. He believes the world was made in 6, 24-hour days
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What is Higher Criticism?
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Higher criticism, dealing with the area of authorship, sources dates, and historical matters.
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the ephiphany is a fancy name for the holy family's flight into egypt
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false
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Council of Nicea
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325 A.D., rejected Arius and his teachings; Nicaean Creed: "begotten not made"; can't split the human Jesus with the divine word of God
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paul
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died in Rome; one of first leaders in Christianity
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untouchables
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that may not be touched; of a nature such that it cannot be touched; not palpable; intangible.
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The difference between signs and symbols is often difficult to understand because _.
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Their meanings are used interchangeably in everyday language
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Altar of Incense
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A golden piece of furniture in the Holy Place on which incense was burned and it had four golden horns.
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What was the downfall of the descendants of Seth?
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The temptation of polygamy
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Council of Constantinople
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an ecumenical council held in AD 451, which considered the question of Christ's human and divine natures and taught that the incarnate Jesus Christ possessed a complete human nature and a complete divine nature united in one person.
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the apostles were:
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commissioned by jesus to go forth and share the good news
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This theory states that all living things developed from a single organism by natural means
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Evolution by natural selection
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52) Language of Mass in the East and West
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East: GreekWest: Latin
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Dominicans (Order of Preachers)
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an order of beggar friars founded by Dominic Guzman, also called the Order of Preachers. Known for their radical understanding of the vow of poverty, their primary vocation was to preach and hear confessions.
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What two pieces of Scripture support this argument?
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1) Psalm 19:1-2
2) Romans 1:20-23
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Jesus allowed people to worship Him.
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Jesus allowed people to worship Him.
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jesus's ministry had three steps
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A period of initiation
A time of popularity, and
A stage of increasing opposition.
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22) how heresies helped the Church
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a) Church affirm their beliefs and how to say themb) Made the Creeds
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What events led to the separation of Eastern orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians?
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cultural, spiritual, and worship styles were different.
Different doctrines on the relationship of the Holy Spirit and the Son.
Eastern C. disagreed with the Filioque in the Nicene Creed ("and the son").
Papal Primacy
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What are the six values of proof?
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1) They demonstrate the reasonableness of Christianity.
2) The may serve as counter-arguments to the secular worldview.
3) They have some use in evangelism (e.g., Pascal’s wager).
4) They may have a cumulative impact.
5) They point to the guilt of all humanity (Romans 1).
6) They edify believers.
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2. Understand the Last Supper: what Jesus did and its connections to Israel’s covenantal and sacrificial history.
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a. The last supper took place the night before Christ’s crucifixion. It was a cross between a peace offering/sacrificial atonement and ratification of the covenant Christ created that night. Three major prophets—Ezekial, Jeremiah, and Isaiah—all anticipated this new covenant.
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Paul included woman in ministry
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phoebe was a deacon junia was an apostle
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How long did Jacob have to wait before he could marry Rachel?
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7 years and one week
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What are the weaknesses of Open Theism?
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1) God doesn’t know that Abraham will actually kill Isaac
2) God’s knowledge of the past and the present (Genesis 3) is suspect
3) It is a mistake to make divine love the key of a theological system
4) If love, why not light?
5) The argument that classical theism is not consistent with the biblical witness, that charge comes with a burden of proof of how more than 2,000 years of biblical evidence have erred.
6) The opennenss doctrine breeds less confidence in the effectiveness of prayer because it limits God’s ability to respond to prayer.
7) It creates all kinds of troubles for answering questions about evil
8) How does an Open Theist maintain the doctrine of biblical inerrancy?
9) If God doesn’t know about the future what about statements that refer to the future.
10) At the level of prophecy and predictions it presents all kinds of problems.
11) Open Theism rejects at least a few good ways what Open Theists say are tension
12) They give primacy to anthropology rather than theology proper
13) They ignore good versions of compatibilism that hold that divine sovereignty and moral agency can be held together.
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What are seraphim and what do they do?
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Concerned with the Holiness of God
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What does the cataphatic approach to theology presume about language about God?
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Positive statements may be made about God
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What are the two New Testament terms for Imago Dei?
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1) eikon - image
2) homoiosin - likeness
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What essential element of ancient and medieval cosmology made it compatible with the Christian faith at first?
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The motion of all things was related to a visible effect of God.
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Jesus recieved much of the same education and religious training as
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other poor Jewish children of his day. He undoubtedly knew the law and the prophets well and had deep religious insight at an early age.
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What is a common objection to the truth of theism?
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Evil cannot exist in a world created and ordered by an omnipotent, omni-benevolent deity.
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God can do everything that is in harmony with his nature and perfection.
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God can do everything that is in harmony with his nature and perfection.
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in chapter 19 of exodus we find another covenant ceremony. this is a conditional covenant: if you do these things, then I shall be your God. what is something they are commanded to do?
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no to put any other gods before god, revealed in the 10 commandments god gives to moses
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How does the baptism of Christ point toward the trinity? How does the New Testament Baptism Formula point to the trinity?
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
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Power
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God is omnipotent
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Omniscience
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God knows everything perfectly
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Describing God using human terms
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Anthropomorphism
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Genuineness
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God is the one, true God
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Ephesians 1:7
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Accomplished redemption for us (verse)
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Time
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God is the One Who always is
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T or FThe differences between the members of the godhead is seen in how the Father is superior to the Son and the Spirit
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FAlSE
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T or FWe are completely transparent before God
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TRUE
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Polytheism
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the belief that there are MANY gods
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T or FGod punishes sin simply because sin by its very nature deserves to be punished
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TRUE
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The Son
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Subject to the Father's authority and obedient to His will
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INCOMMUNICABLE ATTRIBUTES
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ATTRIBUTES we do not share with God
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Pantheism
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the belief that (an impersonal) god is everything that exists, and everything that exists is that impersonal god.
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Dualism
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the belief that the principles of good and evil are co-equal and co eternal
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T or FThe three persons share the same role and relationship yet are different in divine nature
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FALSE
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Holiness - God
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God is absolutely separated from sin; He is set apart from His creation (although He is working in and through His creation).
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Sovereignty - God
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God is the highest and final ruler over all creation, and is free to do whatever He pleases with that creation.
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Immutability - ref
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James 1:17 - â. . . Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.âMalachi 3:6 "For I am the Lord, I do not change.â
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T or FChristians believe that God can do whatever He desires to do as HE is God
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FALSE cannot violate His nature
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Holiness - Man - ref
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Leviticus 11:44, I Peter 1:16 â . . . be holy; for I am holy.â
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10 commandments
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The word beatitude means...
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Happiness
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Divine name
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God, "I am"
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Marks of the Chuch
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One,Holy,Catholic,and Apostolic
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general resurrection
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soul united in body
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Judges
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Series of Kings o Israel
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people that claim God's existence cannot be known
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agnostics
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-Immanuel means "God is with us"
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elohist
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characterized by a reverential tone that keeps God somewhat at a distancefrom the ordinary dealings with human
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absalom
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2nd son,killed amnon,attempted to kill David
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martin luther
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catholic priest, campaigned against indulgences + abuses, persecuted by corrupt bishops, founded protestant church
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Exodus
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book that continues where Genesis ended, God's promises to Abraham have come to be fulfilled for. The israelites have become prosperous, and now are perceived as a threat by the Egyptian Pharaoh
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belief that God did create the universe but he takes no further interest in it
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deism
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Nero
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blamed the Christians for the Great Fire of Rome
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-isiah prophesies not only defeat for Jerusalem but also hope after the exile
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ecumencial council
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a universal gathering of christian bishops called to resolve urgent issues affecting the whole church
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doctrine
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"to teach" - teaching that has official approval of the church coming through the pope, or counsels.
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Redactor/redaction
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The work done by those biblical authors who in editing earlier contextual material , introduced changes according to the messages they wished to communicate to their particular audiences.
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Tradition
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this word (from the Latin, meaning “to hand on”) refers to the process of passing on the Gospel message; Tradition, which began with the oral communication of the Gospel by the Apostles, was written down in the Scriptures, is handed down and lived out in the life of the Church, and is interpreted by the Magisterium under the guidance of the Holy Spirit
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dogma
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those teachings that are recognized as central to Church teaching, defined by the Magisterium, and accorded the fullest weight and authority
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Apocrypha
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of doubtful authority, 7 books of Greek Septuagint listed in the back of the book
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JOhn the Baptist was thought to belong to which religious sect?
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Essenes
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*A movement of peace activists in the US
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Plowshares
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trinity
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the three persons of father, son and holy spirit in the one god head
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eschatology
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study of the last things - death judgemnt- heaven-hell-purgatory.
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palm 51
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davi's prayer "act of contrition" for his sins w/ bathsheba and euriah
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saul's conversion
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pharisee, recieves a vision of jesus, is temporarily blinded and has his vision returned; changes name to paul,becomes apostle, goes on to write book of the bible, founds church in Rome, and is martyred.
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birth of Jesus
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what important event in history separates the two testaments?
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Korah's Rebllion
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Mose's first cousin, Korah, leads a revolt against him, he and his cohorts are swallowed up in an earthquake
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5 Characteristics of Scripture
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scripture is not a revelation
scripture is a response
scripture converges on Jesus
is a record of revelation and faith which focus on JC
our link with reality of scripture is at the level of faith
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Upon the death of his father, he inherited the regions of Samaria and Judea
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Herod Archelaus
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The resurrection event
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1.accounts of the empty tomb2. jesus meets his disciples on their way to Galilee3. Jesus shares a meal with his disciples4. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene and says he has not yet "ascended"5. Jesus appears to his apostles at a meal without Thomas (apostle) and then again while Thomas is present (Pentecost) "put your finger in my wounds and doubt no more6. Jesus appears to seven disciples at the Sea of Tiberius
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substitute suffering
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Christ takes it upon himself if the sufferings of all people
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nicene creed
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signed at council of nicea, christ = god
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covenant in Genesis 17
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(P) covenant of circumcision, many offspring, permanent ownership of the land, changes Abram's name to Abraham and Sari to Sarah; signifies important change in thei lives; God foretells Abraham that he will bear a son and call him Isaac.
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Foundation Special Revelation
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refers to the precise historical event by which we are saved
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3 stages of Gospel Development
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1.life and teaching of jesus2.Oral traditon3.written tradition
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church as an institution
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the church is hierachial in nature whuich is essential to the church. major functions of the church are to teach, govern, and satisfy - each function is controlled by the heirachy - there is a clear distinction between the clergy and the people.
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Sacred Heart in French
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what is the significance of Sacre Coeur
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The Abrahamic Covenent
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four times in Genesis God makes a covenent with Abraham
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a Church writer of great learning and holiness whose works the Church has highly recommended for studying and living the faith
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Doctor of the Church
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faith is an acknowledgement of and an allegiance to God.Faith is a grace, a supernatural gift of God.Faith is certain.Faith seeks understanding.Faith is not opposed to science.Faith is necessary for salvation.Faith is the beginning of eternal life.
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what does faith mean?
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Theory of Verbal Dictation
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"bird in ear theory" - involves that diving taking control of authory
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Samuel is sent to find a new king in ___________, the king is ______ son of ______
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Bethlehem, David, Jesse
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Difference between Abraham and Moses pact
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the pact with Abraham and his descendants was unconditional, the Mosaic covenant is conditional
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Who are Saul's children? and what do they do?
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Michal and Johnathan...save David from their father
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In which books do we find the name Theophilus mentioned?
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Acts of the Apostles and Luke
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in what condition does Jesus go to his death
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sorrowful but fully in charge, always accepting that this is the will of his father
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