Evangelical Theology Burch
Monism
All things are connected to God APART from creation
Nuanced Teachings that take the core teachings and change it
Doctrine
Nuanced teachings that reflect a tradition particular theological understanding of the core teachings
Doctrine
Essential teachings that are part of the Core Christian Identity.
Dogma
Essential teachings that are part of the core of christians identity
Dogma
Augustine on Evil
Evil serves a greater good
Origen on Evil
Evil-Yes-Did God create it?-No Necessary Purpose, didn't create it but uses it for the right purposes
Theistic Evolution
Evolution is the process used by God to create - Rejects Darwin, Genesis account in terms of ages - Lyman Abbott, everything is subject to process
According to Irenaeaus, the apostles taught some secret mysteries that were changed down to their ancestors
False
According to Lewis, when one turns from personal experience to Christian doctrine, they are turning from what seems less real to what is more real.
False
According to Olson, Folk Religion can be characterized as being open, expansive subject to critique and having significant public impact
False
According to Vincent of Lernis, the Church's true catholic tradition is that which has been believed always, everywhere and by everyone
False
Deism believes in a God that is both transcendent and immanent
False
Islamic understanding of the Quran's divine nature is the same as a Christian understanding of the Bible
False
Joann Mohler believed that Tradition must assist theChurch with interpretation because the Bible has errors
False
Olson believes polemical approaches to theology are best
False
The Early Church's pattern of authority was Scripture as interpreted by the Apostle Paul and the Rule of Faith
False
The wesleyan Quadrilateral included tradition and personal opinion
False
There has been general agreement among all the Christians regarding the authority of the tradition and Scripture
False
Those that hold a dynamic inspiration model tend to also affirm strict inerrancy
False
Those who hold to a plenary verbal inspiration view believe that the authors of the Bible were inspired and the therm infallible is often used.
False
The early church chose the word hypostasis to refer to the one substance or being of God
False, ousia
Johnathan Edwards believed that the book of nature interpreted the book of Scripture
False, the other way around
Immanent Trinity
"In Himself" God is fuller, complete nature but not fully known
Pattern of Authority
Scripture as interpreted through Jesus Christ and the Rule of Faith
Dynamic Inspiration
The authors were inspired, receiving divine thoughts but communication these thoughts in the cultural idioms and styles of their day Infallible-Telling from different perspectives
Plenary verbal inspiration
The very words are inspired via compliant authors Inerrancy-Inspired exactly as it os given can't use another words
According to Vincent of Lernis, a person who wished to avoid heresy and maintain a sound faith would adhere to the authority of the divine law and the tradition of the catholic church.
True
Among the necessary theological tools, analogy asks, what does this look like?
True
Apostolic authority was one criterion used for determining the New Testament canon
True
Bounded Set categories either/or sere as boundaries to determine who is in and who is out
True
Centered Set categories refer to both/and, core beliefs allowing for flexibility and diversity
True
Olsen would support the idea of continuing revelation so long as primacy and normatively is given to the original revelation in Jesus Christ and Scripture
True
One of the consensus points among Christians is that the Bible is both personal and propositional in nature
True
Process Theology believes in a God that evolves with the world in an interdependent and mutual way
True
Regarding the Christian canon, the major issue has not been the Bible but how one interprets the Bible
True
The Church's theology that explained the New Testament scriptures was developing at the same time the Church was deciding which documents would comprise the NT
True
The Great Tradition refers to a minimal set of core Christian teachings established for the Church by the apostles and the Early Church fathers
True
The creation of Marcion's canon was one reason that the Early Church decided to develop a authoritative New Testament canon.
True
Theologians use the phrase "economic Trinity" when referring to the way God has revealed himself as Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit in salvation history and divine revelation
True
Montanism
Wanted to base the story on their own experience, creating a different church to have the same experience
Moderate Realist- Aquinas
We know God through what? The world we have senses "Do we know God in the same way we know the world"
Economic Trinity
"how something is revealed or apparent in how God shows himself to us" Bible and Jesus
Augustine's Aesthetic on Utilitarian and Ontological Arguments
(deprivation of good) -Darkness is just the absence of light, darkness is not the primary -Turning away from good -Evil is only possible in the presence of good
3 Points to Limited and Detailed
1 God is good/just Creator and Sustainer of all creation 2 Nothing happens that God does not allow to happen-Irenaeus and Tertullian 3 God's sovereignty over history and nature is "general and special"- Aquinas
Preferences in the church, how things look
Adiphora
Nominalism
Aristotle's empirical method applied to knowing the world and truth (senses) Our minds categorize the immanent world and give it meaning
Special Revelation
Bible, Law, Commands Scriptures
Young Earth Creationism
Bishop James Usher - The earth was created in 4004 BC - God created the world to seem older than it really is - Scopes Trial
Eccentric vs. Egocentric
Center outside of self vs center in yourself
Revelation as Completed or Continuing
Completed- 66 Books Continuing- Experiences The canon and out experiences
General Revelation
Creation, Heaven, Sun, Sky, World Words and Voices
Panentheism
God has limited himself and He evolves with the world
Realists- Anselm of Canterbury's
God is at least an idea, we didn't just invent the word God, it has always been present "God is an idea for which non greater can be conceived"
Progressive Creationism
God uses evolution as the creation process but intervenes at a critical moment to direct the process
Deism
God's not connected to the world, God can't change it because He is disconnected - Nature is responsible
Dualism
Good and Evil power of good= power of evil
Unitive Vision
Good but fallen
Imagination
How am I supposed to live this truth?
Goodness
Implies immanence and interdependence necessary for a true relationship
Greatness
Implies independence and transcendence
Process Theology/Panentheism
Intentional limitation means God and creation are evolving together -God is not in control
The Natural Theology debate is about which question?
Is God's revelation of Himself in nature enough for a person to be saved?
Reason
Is this true?
Open Theism
NOT omniscient (doesn't know all) but is still able to work through circumstances to achieve ultimate purposes
Unity
Ousia: Substance
Irenic vs Polemical
Peaceful and arguing/fighting
Dynamic Monotheism
Perichoresis: God is one in a dance with himself
Revelation as Personal or Propositional
Personal- Jesus Propositional- Words Jesus and the Text
Realism
Platonic approach to knowing the world and truth (cave) Our minds become the connection point between the transcendent and the immanent
Emanationism
Pure God, separate and holy, but we don't get to know Him
Irenaeus- "Vale of soul making"
Redeemed/ Honor God
Natural Theology
Regarding the possibility of whether God reveals Himself through nature, history or experiences in a way that is sufficient for salvation
Olson's Unitive View
Some limited providence
Limited Providence
Sovereign by right but not by action. Limiting His will allows for real freedom of choice. -God knows but allows freedom to choose
Fatalism
Thats life, no reason for it, we are subject to the fates and what happens happens No redeeming purpose
Gnosticism
They created new stories with them as the center of it all
Jesus encountering evil and suffering
Tomb of Lazarus Cross God is human and endures both God lives as one of us and dies in space and time God enters into suffering
According to Anselm, God is an idea that cannot be thought of as not existing, one for which none greater can be conceived
True
According to Aquinas, we do not know God in the same way that we know the world
True
According to Boff, the church needs to move beyond understanding the Trinity as a logical mystery to seeing it as a saving mystery
True
According to David Wallace, our default settings leads us to believe that we are the center of the universe
True
According to David Wallace, real freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline and effort, being able to truly care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad, petty little unsexy ways.
True
According to David Wallace, the only thing this is capital-T true, is that you get to decide how you will see/interpret the reality going on around you
True
According to Dr. Burch, everyone is a theologian even atheists
True
According to Irenaeaus, the bishops were entrusted to pass along the church's apostolic tradition.
True
According to Irenaeaus, tradition is a "living voice", not just writings handed down
True
According to Lewis, doctrines are not God, they are a map that asset in better understanding God and growing closer to God
True
According to Lewis, it is not enough to be made in God's image, but we must also be spiritually begotten
True
According to Lewis, it is not enough to made in God's image, we must also be spiritually begotten
True
According to Olsen, the Christian consensus regarding God is that He is transcendently great and immanently good
True
Nominalist- William of Ockham
When reason and senses seek to interpret the world they do not provide us with the knowledge of God, they only give us facts "The simplest explanation for an observed fact of nature is the preferred one"
What is Folk Religion?
When you are around the same theology all of the time, you no longer are challenging yourself
Meticulous Providence
Willed by God, not by permitted. If permitted, then active mot passive. God wills it without directly causing it (Islam)
"The simplest explantation for an observed fact is the preferred one" is a quote form what theologian?
William of Ockham
