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| TF? Pelagius' central point is that we have no control over our sinfulness as it contaminates our lives from birth |
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| False (we do have control) |
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| TF? According to Augustine the human will has been weakened but not eliminated by sin |
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| TF? According to Pelagius, God both demands and gives specific guidance as to what form of perfection is required |
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| TF? According to Augustine, we are under obligation to be sinless as we are born sinless. |
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| TF? According to Pelagius, grace is God's generous and quite unmerited attention to humanity |
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| TF? According to Augustine, human nature requires transformation |
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| TF? According to Pelagius, we are enabled to avoid sin through the teaching and example of Christ |
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| What are Augustine's three analogies of sin? |
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| Power, Disease, and Guilt |
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| TF? According to Pelagius, it is always possible for us to discharge our obligations to God and others |
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| TF? According to Augustine, grace is to be understood as an external enlightenment |
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| TF? The term "Freedom of the will" is a biblical term |
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| TF? Augustine taught that God is totally sovereign but that humans have no genuine responsibility and freedom |
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| TF? Augustine taught that for God to intervene to influence human decisions would compromise human integrity |
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| TF? Prior to the 5th century there had been much debate within the church over human nature |
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| TF? Pelagius taught that God has made human nature and only demands of it what it can endure |
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Which is NOT true of Augustine's view of free will:
a. Natural human freedom is affirmed-we do things as a matter of freedom, not necessity
b. since perfection is possible for humanity, it is obligatory
c. in order for that free will to be restored and healed, it requires the operation of divine grace
d. human free will has been weakened and incapacitated-but not eliminated or destroyed |
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Which is NOT a consequence of Pelagius's view of Free will:
a. God has made humanity and knows precisely what it is capable of doing
b. Free will really does exist; however it is distorted by sin
c. Human frailty cannot be used as an excuse to prevent these commands from being fulfilled
d. all the commands given to us are capable of being obeyed and are meant to be obeyed
e. since perfection is possible for humanity, it is obligatory |
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| Adam's sin is transmitted to his posterity |
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| we are predisposed to sin due to Adam |
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| Adam's Fall affects human moral nature |
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| All human moral weakness is due to |
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| All humanity is involved in Adam's disobedience |
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| All humanity is wounded by Adam's sin |
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| TF? Christ has "saved" or redeemed" us for our own sakes/purposes |
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| TF? "Justification" can refer to either purchasing a slave with a view to freedom or paying a ransom price |
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| "Redemption" in the present refers to God's past accomplishment in Christ and the anticipation of a past verdict |
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| TF? "Righteousness" refers to "status" not "character" |
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| TF? "Sanctification" is a passive idea " you are being acted upon" whereas "justification" is an active idea, "you are doing the acting" |
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| TF? Paul never speaks of Jesus' death as the price paid to Satan to achieve our liberation |
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| Justification carries with it the idea that: |
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| "Justification" carries overtones of the ... |
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| Sanctification carries with it the idea that.. |
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Which answer is NOT included in the "ransom" analogy
a. Liberation
b. Captor
c. Payment |
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| TF? The basic notion of salvation is that of release from danger, captivity, or deliverance from a fatal illness |
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| TF? Salvation is a spiritual event and has an impact on the person's mind and emotions |
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| TF? Adoption literally means the place and condition of a son given to one to whom it naturally belongs |
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| TF? Paul is the only NT writer to employ the word adoption |
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| TF? Adoption is a Jewish practice that is not recognized by the Greco- Roman world |
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| TF? Paul's point, concerning adoption, is that all believers will share some of the same inheritance rights as Jesus yet not all as He alone is the true Son of God |
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| Believers receive "the adoption of sons" |
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| The adoption of the believer is set forth as still future |
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| Believers have received "the Spirit of adoption" |
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| Believers are foreordained unto "adoption as sons" |
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| TF? According to Pelagius humanity is justified as an act of grace |
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| TF? According to Augustine everything leading up to salvation is the free and unmerited gift of God |
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| TF? According to Pelagius God is enabled to deal with fallen humanity through Jesus' death and resurrection |
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| According to Augustine the basis of our justification is the divine promise of grace made my God |
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| TF? According to Augustine failure to meet our "obligation" opens us up to the threat of eternal punishment |
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| TF? According to Pelagius Jesus is involved in salvation only to the extent that he reveals what God requires of the individual |
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| TF? According to Augustine salvation is to be understood as imitating the example of Christ |
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WHich statement IS true according to Pelagius?
a. Grace is God's divine assistance to humanity rather than just moral guidance
b. Humanity merely needed to be shown what to do, and could then be left to achieve it unaided
c. Grace is the real and redeeming presence of God in Christ within us, transforming us; something internal and active |
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Which statement IS true according to Augustine?
a. Humanity was created good by God, and then fell away from him-and God, in an act of grace, came to rescue fallen humanity from its predicament
b. Because God provides specific guidance as to what form of perfection is required, grace is something external and passive to the person
c. God created humanity, provided information concerning what is right and wrong, and then ceased to take any interest in humanity until the final Day of Judgement |
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