THEO 201-Final Exam Reviw

Functional Christology

*Stress Jesus Christs' work over his nature *Not "Doubting" Thomas- 'My Lord and...My God!'

The Spirit is there to....

1) Comfort you 2) Consult you 3) Encourage you (induces courage and strength into you)

What are the three styles of special revelation?

1. Anthropic: God chooses to communicate in our language 2. Analogical: 3. Personal: he reveals himself to us personally in an experiental way

What are the branches of theology?

1. Bibliology 2. Theology Proper 3. Pneumatology 4. Anthropology 5. Soteriology 6. Ecclesiology 7. Eschatology

What are the 4 proofs/arguments for the existence of God?

1. Cosmological- uncaused 1st cause- Aquinas 2. Teleological- end, purpose, order: Designer! 3. Anthropological: moral, inner Ought- Kant 4. Ontological: greater Being....exists!- Anselm

What are the 6 major Christological Convtroversies?

1. Ebionism 2. Arianism 3. Nestorianism 4. Docetism 5. Apollinarianism 6. Eutychianism

What are some of the other roles the Holy Spirit performs in the ongoing (continuation) Christian Life?

1. Empowering for witness 2. Indwelling in order to....lead into all truth! 3. Illumine- teach, bring to mind Jesus 4. Intercede- show how to pray. He intercedes for us when we don't know how to pray 5. Sanctify us to bear His fruit/s: Love, Joy, Peace.... 6. Give Spiritual Gifts to equip/edify Christ's body

The Holy Spirit had a powerful presence in the life of Christ in what ways?

1. Incarnation 2. Baptism, temptation. miracles 3. Sending of "the 12", 70, and Great Commision 4. Jesus, no ecstatic phenomena; Acts charismania?

What are the main issues of the person of the Holy Spirit's?

1. Incoming/indwelling is it permanent? 2. Infilling....one or many? the infilling is the continuous act. It is a day by day process.

5 Theories of inspiration:

1. Intuition theory: natural, special, others 2. Illumination: degree Spirit-ual perceive! 3. Dynamic: God's thought; writer's expressions 4. Verbal: God selects those exact words [in original] 5. Dictation: God tells; Sec. no personality

What are the 3 essentials/ Non-negotiable for Evangelicals'?

1. Revelation: What the Father has Said in His word; we have God as Father, no other religion dares to call God Father but we have a Father who has spoken and what he has spoken is WRITTEN. 2. Redemption: What the Son has Done on the cross; Jesus is God the Son. 3. Regeneration: What the Spirit Accomplishes in Hearts; Christianity is a change that occurs in the heart by the Holy Spirit.

What are the three roles or functions of Christ?

1. Revelatory role 2. Reconciliation work of Christ 3. Rule of Christ

What are the two categories of gifts?

1. Sign gifts (healing and miracles) and spectacular gifts (tongues, prophecy) 2. Service gifts that are not spectacular: gifts of mercy, giving, administration *The purpose of gifts should always be to build the church and glorify Christ...the end goal is to build the body of church as a whole.

What are the 5 theories of the Atonement?

1. Socinian Theory: Example of Love 2. Moral-Influence Theory 3. Governmental Theory 4. Ransom Theory 5. Satisfaction Theory

Humans cannot perceive/accept for what 5 reasons?

1. The Fall 2. Evil 3 Marred by Sin 4.The curse 5. This god, Satan

Substitution

A great exchange where God in Jesus Christ takes the place of sinners!

Impuation

A transfer of righteous credit that gives the sinner God's perfect love. *Transfer of Christ's righteousness into us, imputed righteousness.

Who represented the reconciliation (Priest) role of Christ?

Aaron - Priest *Jesus is greater than Aaron because the Priest offers continual sacrifices, yet Jesus himself was our sacrifice once and for all.

Propitiation

An offering based on God's mercy, that pleases him and forgives sinners

Satisfaction Theory: The Atonement as Compensation to the Father

Anselm, sin=affront to God's honor *Who can condemn us? Only God incarnate can *Jesus had power over his own life!

What category does dreams/visions fit in?

Anthropic style

Which of the 6 heresies was condemned by the Council of Ephesus in AD 431 and the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451?

Apollinarianism

Which of the 6 heresies was condemned by the church at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 and the Council of Constantinople in AD 381?

Arianism

The Holy Spirit has equality with Father and Son: from creation for Church's _________and the ____________.

Baptism: in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit Benediction: The grace of our Lord Jesus, Love of God, and Communion of the Holy Spirit.

Arianism

Belief that Jesus Christ is unique, transcendent but 'created' Father is 'greater' *Jesus Christ is homoio, not homo/same ousios *Jesus Christ is not fully God, he's limited in ways -Nicea AD 325; Constantinople AD 381

Ebionism

Belief that Jesus was not God *Only the true God saves

When the Spirit as at work in you, you are becoming more like _____________!

Christ

What are the 5 C's of Theology?

Creation, conscience, commands, Christ, Christian/Church

Gifts without the fruit will always __________the church, but gifts that are built upon the fruit will _______the church.

DIVIDE GROW **Fruit always grow but gifts without fruit will always divide.

Who represented the ruler (King) role of Christ?

David - King *Isaiah had anticipated a future ruler who would sit on David's throne. Jesus claimed that the kingdom of heaven was his (Matt. 13:41)

Who developed the Socinian Theory that is best represented by the Unitarians today?

Faustus and Laelius Socinus in the sixteenth century

"Charismata" means...

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Revelation

God's communication of truth to human that they need to know in order to properly relate to and share life with Him.

Justification

God's legal declaration rendering sinners in a right relationship with him.

Eucharist means...

Good blessing

"Chares" means....

Grace

What does the Holy Spirit do in the life of humans at conversion?

He convicts of sin, righteousness, judgement 1. -Need for and pre-requisite of regeneration...Repentance! 2. Regeneration:miraculous transformation of the individual and the implantation of spiritual energy

What are the two natures of the Holy Spirit?

His Deity: trying to establish the Holy Spirit as God His Personality: It involves 1) Mind 2) Emotions and 3) Will

Who was the major proponent of the governmental view?

Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)

____________is the doctrine that the Bible is fully truthful in all of its teachings.

Inerrancy

What is the one verse cited as direct support of the theory that death of Christ was demanded by God's concern to preserve his moral government and law as he forgives sin?

Isaiah 42:21 *It infers Substitute and penality for what/who?

Moral Influence Theory

Jesus Christ died for soul's sickness, remove fears, heal ignorance *In this view, God's nature is essentially love. Human attitudes keep people apart from God.

Eutychianism

Jesus Christ is only one blended nature *Christ was simultaneously perfect God and perfect human.

Nestorianism

Jesus Christ is two distinct persons

Apollinarianism

Jesus Christ was not fully human *Jesus had a human body but not a human soul. His soul was divine -Ephesus AD 431; Chalcedon AD 451

Docetism

Jesus was not human, he only seemed to be human; human sub *Jesus was more like a ghost, an apparition, than a human being

"Chara" means....

Joy

Governmental Theory: The Atonement as a Demonstration of God's love.

Laws violated= God's Justice *God used Christ's death to demonstrate what God's justice will require us to suffer if we continue in sin. *The spectacle of the sufferings Christ bore is enough to deter us from sin.

The text on which Origen and others who hold the ransom theory rely most heavily is Jesus' statement that he had come to offer his life as a ransom for many found in what verse?

Matthew 20:28 Mark 10:45

What are the three "offices" used to categorize the work of Christ?

Messianic (1) Prophet (2) King (3) Priest

Who represented the revelatory (prophet) role of Christ?

Moses - Prophet

General revelation refers to God's self-manifestation through ___________, ____________, and the ___________of the human person.

Nature History Inner Being

Who was the major early developer of the ransom theory?

Origen- he saw biblical history as the depiction of a great cosmic drama Augustine- the ransom theory was the primary way in which he understood the atonement

Who first developed the Moral Influence Theory?

Peter Abelard

Socinian Theory: The Atonement as Example

Pointed to 1 Peter 1:21, rejecting any idea of vicarious satisfaction *Jesus' death fills two human needs. First, it fills the need for an example of that total love for God that we must display if we are to experience salvation. Second, the death of Jesus gives us inspiration.

The miraculous gifts today are sometimes referred to as?

Remarkable gifts. miraculous gifts, special gifts, sign gifts, or charismatic gifts, the last being a somewhat redundant expression, since charismata basically mean "gifts"

Demonology

Study of demons which is part of angelology which is part of pneumatology

Bibliology

Study of the Word of God

Angelology

Study of the work of angels

Inerrancy means...

That the Bible, when judged by the usage of its time, teaches the truth without any affirmation to error.

Reconcilation

The act of bringing rebellious, yet repentant sinners back to a holy God

Ransom Theory: The Atonement as Victory over the Forces of Sin and Evil

The ransom was paid to Satan, for it was he who held us captive until the ransom, namely, the soul of Jesus, was paid *.Victory over sins, what about the law, when or how are we set free from the curse?

Inspiration

The relaying of [divinely] revealed truth from the first recipients to others [then/ later]

Theology Proper

The study of God the Father

Soteriology

The study of Salvation by grace through faith

Christology

The study of the Person and Work of Christ

Pneumatology

The study of the Spirit's Person & Work

Ecclesiology

The study of the church and its ministry

Anthropology

The study of the human nature & need

Eschatology

The study of the last days. the things to come

How was the veil torn?

Top down which indicates that God had ripped it.

T or F: Being filed with the Holy Spirit is not so much a matter of our getting more of the Spirit as it is a matter of his possessing more of our lives.

True

T or F: Every one has at least one gift, there is no such thing as a gift-less believer, no one person has ALL the gifts, they are always given to build the church not simply to exhibit but to edify.

True

T or F: Inspiration relates [primarily] to the writers of the books and in a [derived] sense to the writings as well cf: providence.

True

T or F: No one gift is for everyone, and no one person as every gift.

True

T or F: Revelation precedes inspiration.

True

T or F: Special revelation requires, built on, complements General Revelation.

True

T or F: You must have both the Fruit of the Spirit and Gifts (they are connected).

True

Jesus spoke specifically of repentance, and specifically of ___________of sin, which is the prerequisite of repentance.

conviction

Inerrancy is a corollary to the full ______________of the Bible.

inspiration

God does not tempt us but many times the Holy Spirit will guide us into some difficult times but tough ___________don't last, tough _____________do!

times; people