Sys Theo Final Exam (#3)

False (As used in the Nicene...)

(T/F) As used in the Nicene Creed, the term "homoousia" means that God the Son is very much like God the Father.

False (at the sixteenth century council)

(T/F) At the sixteenth-century Council of Trent, the Roman Catholic followed the early church in identifying the so-called deuterocanonical writings as Scripture.

False (being desirous to protect...)

(T/F) Being desirous to protects its affirmation of Christ's deity, the church has been rightly hesitant to call Mart "the mother of God".

False (Christians readily confess...)

(T/F) Christians readily confess that Jesus Christ is ontologically subordinate to the Father but insist that Jesus Christ is in no way functionally subordinate to the Father.

False (Dictation is the normative...)

(T/F) Dictation is the normative mode by which God communicated to the human authors of Scripture.

False (During the sixteenth century...)

(T/F) During the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation, theologians such as Martin Luther and John Calvin criticizes the theology of the medieval church for its lack of confidence in the instructive capacity of general revelation.

True (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic...)

(T/F) Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant Christians are all in agreement that the same twenty-seven writings comprise the Newer Testament.

False (folk theology occupies...)

(T/F) Folk theology occupies a place of great import between maturing Christian lay persons and professional theologians.

False (general revelation provides...)

(T/F) General revelation provides a clear knowledge of God's character and wi toward us.

True (God's chief attribute...)

(T/F) God's chief attribute is that he is Trinity.

False (God's oneness/monotheism...)

(T/F) God's oneness/monotheism is asserted in the Older Testament, but is somewhat ambiguous in the Newer Testament.

False (heresy shows that...)

(T/F) Heresy shows that even attacks from outside the church contribute to the advancement of Christian orthodoxy.

True (In Scripture, "The knowledge"...)

(T/F) In Scripture, "the knowledge of God" pertains to every dimension of the human person, that is, to his/her intellectual, volitional, emotional, and moral dimensions.

False (Liberal churches/Christians...)

(T/F) Liberal churches/Christians tend to struggle most acutely with the humanity of Christ, while conservative churches/Christians tend to struggle most acutely with the deity of Christ

True (Modalism was an attempt...)

(T/F) Modalism was an attempt, albeit a profoundly inadequate attempt, to defend the early church against the charge of tritheism - that is the belief in/worship of three gods.

False (much like systematic theology)

(T/F) Much like systematic theology, biblical theology is primarily concerned didn't relating biblical truth to contemporary issues.

False (Roman Catholics claim...)

(T/F) Roman Catholics claim that the church recognized which writings are Scripture, whereas Protestants claims that the church determined which writings are Scripture.

True (the "incommunicable"...)

(T/F) The "incommunicable" attributes of God attest to and accentuate the infinite qualitative difference between God and humans.

True (the "ontological Trinity")

(T/F) The "ontological Trinity" refers to God's eternal self-existence, apart from creation.

False (the "word of God"...)

(T/F) The "word of God" is a phrase which strictly designated the Bible/Scripture.

False (the Father is not...)

(T/F) The Father is not the Son, this it follows that the Father is not in the Son.

False (the classic biblical source...)

(T/F) The classic biblical source for discussion about the kenosis theory/Kendrick Christology is Philippians Chaofed four.

False (the great diversity within...)

(T/F) The great diversity within the universal Christian church is evidenced by the fast that there is very little consensus regarding the dogmas of the Christian faith.

False (the incarnation of Jesus...)

(T/F) The incarnation of Jesus and the premillennial return of Jesus Christ are both examples of dogma.

False (the omnipresence of God...)

(T/F) The omnipresence of God means that God is present everywhere, and consequently, that God is accessible everywhere.

False (the perspicuity/clarity of...)

(T/F) The perspicuity/clarity of Scripture means that Scripture is always easy to understand.

True (The prevailing characteristic...)

(T/F) The prevailing characteristic that set the God of Israel apart from the idols of the Gentile nations is that God speaks.

True (theology is an inescapable...)

(T/F) Theology is an inescapable human exercise, and therefor all people are theologians, even atheists.

False (when we confess the...)

(T/F) When we confess the perspicuity/clarity of Scripture, we mean that Scripture is able to be understood by anyone who would read it.

True (the connection between right...)

(T/F) the connection between right doctrine and right worship is inseparable, as "orthodoxy" conveys not only the notion of correct doctrine, but more precisely, of correct worship.

False (the doctrine of the Immaculate...)

(T/F) the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception maintains that Jesus Christ was conceived in such a way as to render him sinless.

True (the supremely paradoxical...)

(T/F) the supremely paradoxical nature of the incarnation of Jesus Christ teaches us that even when God reveals himself, he simultaneously conceals himself to all but the eyes of faith.

Incarnate

A crucial yet too often overlooked/undervalued aspect of a complete and thoroughly evangelical doctrine of Scripture is that the written word of God describes and commends the ______________ word of God, who is, in fact, the ultimate, definitive, and eternal word of God.

Sufficiency (#2)

A proper understanding of the _________ of Scripture should cause one to appreciate and value, not reject, the collective wisdom of the church through the centuries.

The virgin birth proves (that Christ is God)

As to Christ's virgin birth, we should readily affirm all the following statements, EXCEPT:

One or more (of the above)

At the root of every error and misconception about the person of Jesus Christ is a denial: A. That Jesus Christ is truly and fully human B. That Jesus Christ is truly and fully God C. That the deity and humanity of Jesus are truly and fully united in his one person.

Exhaustive

Christians can claim to posses genuine, accurate, and non-contradictory knowledge of God, but not ___________ knowledge of God.

Jesus Christ

Christians who confess that Scripture is a "means of grace" do so in order to articulate their conviction that the written word of God is divinely intended to convey the real, spiritual presence of __________

The question of God

Everyone is theologian. For at the bottom, all of life's questions either directly or indirectly relate to the ultimate question, which is ______________

All but D

Examples of Special Revelation include: A. Scripture B. Moses' encounter with God at the burning bush C. The Earthly ministry of the incarnate Christ D. The history of Israel up to the present day E. The expository preaching of theologically orthodox pastors

The self-authenticating (witness of the Holy Spirit)

For historic Protestantism, what is the ultimate basis for the Authority of Scripture?

Love

God is ________, declares 1 John 4:8

Aseity (Independence)

God's __________ means that God is non-created, self-existent, and non-contingent, that he is "from himself," and this needs nothing from his creatures.

Immutability

God's ___________ is Fundamentals to our confidence in him, for it means that God has always been, now is, and forever will be nothing or no one other than himself.

Omnipotence

God's ___________ means not that God is able to anything without qualification, but that God is able to do all that corresponds with his character, that he is able to accomplish all his holy will.

Omniscience (#1)

God's _____________ means not only that God fully knows himself, but that God fully knows all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act.

Immaculate Conception

Historic Protestantism teaches us that Jesus Christ was born without sins due to an immediate work of the Holy Spirit, whereas Roman Catholicism attributes Christ's sinless birth to his mother Mary's exemption from sin, this exemption being the result of Mary's own ______________.

Only God's speech (removes the mystery and paradox that otherwise obscures the truths)

If humans are to know God in any sure, certain, salvific sense, God must speak. This is true for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

(Jesus Christ is of the) same being/nature (as the Father)

In the Nicene Creed, the term "homoousia" is intended to communicate that:

The Ten Commandments

Initially, the record of God's relationship with his people was orally transmitted. The first portion of this record to be set to writing was ____________

Modalism

Is a heresy that is sometimes referred to as Sebellianism and/or Patripassianism.

Doctrinal

Liberal or modernist churches tend to think of the Bible as containing divine wisdom in the form of ethical/moral instruction, not in the form of ___________ instruction.

Mystery

One major difference between Christian orthodoxy and heresy is that Christian orthodoxy seeks to articulate doctrine in a way that safeguards _____________ , whereas heresy attempts to solve it.

Scripture is the product (of the Spirit's trance-like superintendence of human authors)

One who confesses a theologically accurate doctrine of the inspiration of Scripture could readily affirm all of the following, EXCEPT:

Omniscience (#2)

So-called "open theists" truncate and distort God's _________ by stating that God's knowledge is limited to actualities, as opposed to possibilities/potentialities.

Constructive

Systematic theology has essentially two tasks, a critical task and a ___________ task.

Tradition of the church

Systematic theology ought to be biblically sourced, historically informed, and culturally contextualized. Accordingly, systematic theology must be concerned with the text of Scripture, the _____________, and the thought forms of the world.

Graphī

The Greek work __________ , which is translated "Scriptures," was a technical term for the authors of the Newer Testament, used to refer to those writings which they maintained to be God's words, and this part of the canonical collection.

That the Spirit proceeds (from the Father and the Son)

The Western church added the "Filioque Clause" to the Nicene Creed in order to assert:

Teleological

The _________ argument is the theistic "proof" which attempts to deduce the existence of God from the perceived order and design of the universe.

Holiness (Fill in the Blank)

The __________ if God means that he relentlessly opposes evil, and that evil necessarily mobilized his righteous will.

Economic Trinity

The __________ refers to the tri-personal God's external relations, rather than the tri-personal God's internal relations. In other words, it refers to the way in which the three persons of the Trinity work together in order to create, uphold, and redeem the world.

Glory

The ___________ of God conveys the notion of God being "on show," the ultimate characteristic expression of which is the cross of Jesus Christ

Omnipresence (Fill in the Blank)

The ___________ of God means that God is present with his whole being in all places at all times.

Arius

The arch-heretic named _______ taught that Christ is a created being and that the title "God" is only honorific when applied to Christ.

Authorship

The authority of Scripture derives directly from the divine __________ of Scripture.

Cannoncial

The canon of Scripture is the criteria for determining the _____________ collection.

Denied the full humanity (of Jesus Christ)

The chief error of Apollinarius was that, in effect, he:

Denied the hypostatic union (of divinity and humanity in the person of Jesus Christ)

The chief error of Nestorius was that, in effect, he:

(Forces the church to solve) doctrinal puzzles

The church owes considerable debt to heresy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that heresy:

The overall aim (and trustworthiness is Scripture)

The doctrine of Scripture's infallibility concerns:

General revelation

The doctrine of ___________ means that people can perceive something about God from nature/creation. Yet this testimony is highly ambiguous and utterly non-salvific. For among other things, in its present state, nature/creation speaks from both sides of its mouth, as it were, declaring both the glory of God AND the tragedy of sin-wrought futility.

Autographa

The doctrine of inerrancy pertains to the ___________ , that is, to the original manuscripts of Scripture, not to subsequent scribal copies of those manuscripts.

Perspicuity

The doctrine of the ____________ of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that it's teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it.

Sufficiency (#1)

The doctrine of the ____________ of Scripture means that the Spirit lends divine dynamism to Scripture in such a way that Scripture has convicting, converting, transforming efficacy.

B and C

The doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture: A. Means that Scripture is our sole source of knowledge, religious or otherwise. B. Finds textual support in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 C. Was bedrock to the Protestant Reformation, as is basic to our Evangelical identity. D. Means the church's creeds, confessions, and theologians should be viewed with suspicion. E. A and B

Monotheism

The main contribution of the Older Testament to the doctrine of the Trinity is the emphasis on ____________ , the truth that God is numerically one.

Special revelation

The self-disclosure of God given to specific people at specific times and in specific places is known as ____________

Change

The so-called "Four Fences of Chalcedon" maintain that the divine and human natures of Jesus Christ are joined without division, without separation, without confusion, and without ____________.

Theology

The term ___________ is a combination of two Greek nouns, (theos + logos).

The ontological argument

The theistic "proof" which attempts to reason from the premise that God is the greatest, most perfect being that the human mind could conceive to the existence of God as necessary, non-contingent being, and thus the ground of all being is called:

Hebrews

There is one grand and magnificent exception among the writings of the Newer Testament, which was recognized as belonging to the canonical collection without explicit evidence of apostolic authorship or sanction. This writing, titled, ___________ , demonstrates profound conformity to the pattern of apostolic preaching.

Kenosis

Those who ascribe to the _________ theory maintain that Christ emptied himself of some or all of his divine attributes by becoming human.

Mark

To be recognized as belonging to the canonical collection of the Newer Testament, a writing needed to ether be written by an apostle or sanctioned by an apostles. One example of the latter is:

Deity

To confess Christ's _______ is to confess that he is truly, fully, and eternally God.

Unity (Simplicity)

To confess God's ___________ is to confess that God's attributes are in no way extrinsic to his being, and that none of God's attributes are better, more fitting, or more important than others.

Inspiration

To confess the doctrine of the ___________ of Scripture is to confess that all Scripture is God-breathed, or expired.

Emotions

To maintain that God is impassible would be quite problematic, if by impassibility one means that God is without ____________.

Worship

When Scripture ascribes "majesty" to God, it is at once a declaration of God's greatness and an invitation to __________.

Humanity

When we confess the ____________ of Christ we mean that he is like us in every way, sin excepting.

Malachi 3:6

Which of the following biblical texts asserts God's unchangeableness, or immutability?

Rejects rationality (as well as rationalism)

Which of the following is NOT an accurate end to this sentence: "Christian theology..."?

God is a person

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement regarding the doctrine of the Trinity?

It is propositional (rather than non-propositional, in character)

Which of the following is NOT true of general revelation?

Holiness (Multiple Choice)

Which of the following is a "communicable" attribute of God?

None (of the above)

Which of the following is an "incommunicable" attribute of God? A. Wisdom B. Love C. Glory

Psalm 19:1-4

Which of these biblical texts exemplifies a person of God viewing general revelation correctly through the "spectacles" of special revelation?

2 Peter 1:20-21

Which of these biblical texts speaks to God's superintendence of the human authors of Scripture to the end that the superintended writings of those authors are, at one and the same time, their words AND God's words?

All Christians follow (the Jews in rejecting these writings as Scripture)

Which of these statements is NOT true of the "Apocryphal" writings?

Perichoresis

_____________ , or "coinherence," refer to the mutual indwelling, or interpenetration, of Father, Son, and Spirit.