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ThEO303 Midterm
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/22/2010

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Anthropological argument
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the proof of God’s existence through the condition of humanity, by mankind’s basic moral standards.
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Cosmological argument
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the proof of God’s existence through the finite universe, stating there is a need for a first cause, by Thomas Aquinas
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Economic trinity
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Father creates through Son by the Spirit, Son saves from the Father in the Spirit, Spirit sanctifies from the Son for the Father
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Fideism
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No need for proofs
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Genesis 3:1-7
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Fall of man and origin of sin
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Immanent trinity
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Father is origin and source of love, Son is begotten and object of love, Spirit proceeds and is that love
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Modalism
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God is 1 in 3 modes
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Open theism
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A personal God who is open to influence through the prayers and free will based decisions of creation
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Progressive creationism
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God created new forms of life gradually over time
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Satisfaction argument
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the proof of God’s existence based on the notion that there is an innate desire within us that cannot be satisfied by earthly things, therefore we must be created for something more, by something more. This is by C.S. Lewis
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Teleological argument
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the proof of God’s existence based on evidence of design, by Aquinas
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Traducianism
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Souls begat souls as bodies begat bodies; came from those before them
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Anthropology
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Doctrine of humanity
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Deuteronomy 6:4
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Monotheism
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Eschatology
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Doctrine of last things
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Functional view
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Image of God, exercising dominion over creation
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Hamartiology
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Doctrine of Sin
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Immutability
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God is unable to change
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Monism
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nonreductive physicalism,; one God with many different manifestations in other religions
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Pelagianism
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The belief that original sin did not taint human nature, and human will can still choose good or evil without divine help
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Pneumatology
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Doctrine of spirit
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7 Deadly sins
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Sloth, pride, greed, envy, wrath, gluttony, and lust
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Theistic evolution
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There is a God who also employed evolution in the development of creation
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Trichotomy
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What makes up humans: body (physical), soul (psychological) and spirit (spiritual)
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Apophatic theology
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Negative theology; stating that God can be known by saying what God is not
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Dichotomy
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What makes up humans; body and soul/spirit/mind
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Ex nihilo
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"from nothing" refers to God creating everything from nothing
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Galatians 3:28-29
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All are one according to Christ; humanity is familial
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Henotheism
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Worship of one God with belief in other gods
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Marcionism
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God of the Old Testament is the creator and different than the God of the New Testament who is the Father of Jesus, sent to save us
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Natural headship
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All of humanity was related to Adam, the first man
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Perichoresis
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Mutual sharing in life and work of each other
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Relational view
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Image of God; ability to relate to God and others
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Structural view
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Image of God; definite quality like will, reason
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Theodicy
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An answer to the problem of evil
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Tritheism
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Three distinct gods who form a triad
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Arianism
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Jesus and the spirit not equal to the father but rather His first creations (subordinationism)
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Ecclesiology
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Doctrine of church
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Federal headship
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Humanity’s relation to Adam, a fallen man, and then to Christ, a savior and redeemer
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Genesis 1:26-27
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plurality in the old testament; God refers to himself as “us”
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Imago dei
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Image of God
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Matthew 28:19
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teaching about God as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (baptism)
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Ontological argument
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the proof of God’s existence through reasoning. That God is the highest possible conceived “thing”, he exists
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Process theology
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God has a power of persuasion, and not coercion; God interacts with the changing universe, and thus is changeable
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1 Samuel 28:19
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Dichotomy
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1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
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Trichotomy
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Wesleyan Quadrilateral
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Experience, reason, tradition, scripture; seen as a pyramid with scripture at the top
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