Essentials Of Evangelical Theology Burch

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Nuanced teachings that reflect a traditions particular theological understanding of the Christian Core teachings

Doctrine

Essential teachings that are part of the Core of Christian Identity

Dogma

According to Irenaeus, the apostles taught some secret mysteries that were not handed down to their successors.

False

According to Lewis, when one turns from personal experiences to Christian Doctrine, they are turning from something less real to 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 Olson, one of the dangers or holding an "either/or" theology is that it makes it more difficult to understand a doctrine like the Trinity

False

According to Olson, the word evangelical has only one meaning that refers to the gospel or "good news" about Jesus

False

Among the necessary theological tools, imagination asks, is this true?

False

At the council of Nicaea, Arius' views were rejected because he believed that Jesus and God the Father were homoousias

False

Because of their attention to detail, theological doctrines are more like photos than paintings

False

Breaking covenant is one of the major biblical themes of sin whose image is a person betraying a friend

False

Centered set categories refer to either/or views that determine who is theologically in and who is out

False

Christian dichotomists believe humans are composed of soul and spirit

False

Deism believes in a God that is both Transcendent and immanent

False

Following the council of Ephesus, the Church adopted Nestorius's integration language as the final explanation of Christ's two natures

False

Islamic understanding of the Quran's divine nature is the same as a Christian understanding of the Bible

False

Johann Mohler believed that tradition must assist the Church with interpretation because the Bible has errors

False

Jonothan Edwards believed that the book of nature interpreted the book of scripture.

False

Olsen would support the idea of continuing revelation so long as primacy and normativity is given to the original revelation in Jesus Christ and Scripture

False

Olson believes polemical approaches to theology are the best

False

Pelagius was a fifth century theologian who strongly supported the doctrine of original sin

False

Pietists Heart Religion and Pentecostal/Charismatic movements would be examples of relying on reason as the primary source of authority

False

The Chalcedonian Creed utilizes the language of negation to communicate Christ's two natures

False

The Wesleyan Quadrilateral includes imagination as a source of Authority

False

The council of Ephesus dealt with the problem of Docetism regarding Jesus's human nature

False

The early church chose the word hypostasis to refer to the one substance or being of God

False

The issue with the Penal Substitution Theory is that it seems to make Jesus's divine nature less than that of God the Father.

False

Theologians use the phrase "economic trinity" when referring to God as a mystery that has not been totally revealed

False

Those that hold to 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 term infallible is often used

False

According to Vincent of Lerins, 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

According to Vincent of Lerins, the Church's true catholic tradition is that which has been believed always, everywhere and by everyone.

True

According to the Ransom Theory, the tension is between God and Satan

True

Apostolic Authority was one criterion used for determining the New Testament Canon

True

Augustine argued that "you are a sinner because you choose sin"

True

Christian Consensus would include the Ecumenical Councils as a source of authority

True

Christians agree about the equal authority of Tradition and Scripture

True

Christology refers to the person of Christ and it raises questions regarding his humanity and divinity

True

For the Early Church, Scripture was authoritative when interpreted through Jesus Christ (Gospels) and the Rule of Faith

True

In Christian History, the Bible has not been the problem, interpreting the Bible has been the problem

True

Marcions canon was one reason that the Early Church decided to develop an authoritative New Testament canon.

True

Naturalism says that the world is not fallen; is is the way it is by chance

True

One of the consensus points among Christians is that the Bible is both personal and propositional in nature

True

One of the issues with the Satisfaction Theory of the atonement was that it quantified sin and righteousness leading to a treasury of merit practice

True

Pelagius taught that the will was always free to choose good or evil

True

Process theology believes in a God that evolves with the world in an interdependent and mutual way

True

Reinhold Niebuhr argued the relationship between temptation and free will was the best way to approach the problem of original sin

True

Soteriology refers to salvation as accomplished through Christ's atoning work on the cross

True

The Chruch's theology that explained the New Testament scriptures was developing at the same time the Church was deciding which documents would comprise the New Testament canon of scripture

True

The Great Tradition refers to a minimal set of core Christian teachings established for the church by the apostles and the Early Church's bishops

True

The Tension within the Satisfaction Theory is between God's love and God's justice

True

The Natural Theology debate is about which question?

Is God's revelation of Himself in nature enough for a person to be saved?

Dynamic Monotheism is best connected with which term?

Perichoresis

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 David Wallace, our default setting 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 and being able to truely 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 that is capital-T-true, is that we get to decide who or what to worship and how we decide to see/interpret the reality going on around us

True

According to Dr. Burch, everyone is a theologian, even atheists.

True

According to Irenaeus, the bishops were entrusted to pass along the church's apostolic tradition

True

According to Irenaeus, tradition is a "living voice", not just writings handed down.

True

According to Leonardo Boff, it is the trinity's saving mystery that makes it good news for the world's poor and oppressed people.

True

According to Lewis, doctrines are no God, they are like a map that assist one in better understanding God and growing closer to God.

True

According to Lewis, it is not enough to be made in God's image, we must also be spiritually begotten.

True

According to Olsen, heresy is the mother of orthodoxy

True

According to Olsen, the Christian consensus regarding God is that he is Transcendentally great and imminently good

True

According to Olsen, the Christian consensus regarding humans is that we are both animal and spiritual

True

According to Olsen, the doctrine of original sin means that human existence is estranged, fallen and corrupted

True

According to Tertullian, the origin of sin was discontent

True

The simplest explanation for an observed fact is the preferred one is a quote from which Theologian?

William of Ockham


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