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| the discipline that seeks to provide a defense of the truthfulness of the Christian faith for the purpose of convincing unbelievers |
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| the study of the teaching of the individual authors and sections of the Bible and of the place of each teaching in the historical development of the Bible |
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| any study that answers the question "what does God require us to do and what attitudes does He require us to have today?" with regard to any given situation. |
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| a set of two statements, one of which denies the other |
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| what the whole Bible teaches us today about some particular topic |
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| another term for "systematic theology" |
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| the historical study of how Christians in different periods have understood various theological topics |
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| a doctrine that has a significant impact on our thinking about other doctrines or that has significant impact on how we live the Christian life |
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| a doctrine that has very little impact on how we think about other doctrines, and that has very little impact on how we live the Christian life |
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| the study of the teaching of the individual authors and sections of the New Testament, and of the place of each teaching in the historical development of the New Testament |
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| the study of the teaching of the individual authors and sections of the Old Testament, and of the place of each teaching in the historical development of the Old Testament |
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| a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true; and apparent but not real contradiction |
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| the study of theological topics that primarily employs the tools and methods of philosophical reasoning and what can be known about God from observing the universe |
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| an assumption that forms the beginning point of any study |
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| any study that answers the question, "what does the whole Bible teach us today?" about any given topic |
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| a word of God that causes something to happen |
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| a phrase that refers to several different things in the Bible, including the Son of God, the decrees of God, God's words of personal address, God's words spoken through human lips, and God's words in written form, the Bible. It is this last form of the Word of God that is the focus of systematic theology, since it is form that is available for study, for public inspection, for repeated examination, and as a basis for mutual discussion |
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| a form of God's Word in which he speaks directly to people on earth |
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| the collection of books included in the canon of scripture by the Roman Catholic church but not included in the canon by Protestants (from the Greek word apocrypha, "things that are hidden") |
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| a recognized office of the early church. Apostles are in several ways the New Testament counterpart to the Old Testament Prophet and as such had the authority to write words of Scripture |
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| the list of all the books that belong in the Bible (from the greek Kanon, "reed, measuring rod, standard of measure") |
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| a term describing preserved writings that are deemed to have divine authorship and therefore which are to be included in the canon of Scripture as god's authoritative words in written form |
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| an unchangeable, divinely imposed legal agreement between God and man that stipulates the conditions of their relationship |
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| a translation of the greek theopneustos (sometimes translate "inspired by God"), which the Bible (2 Tim 3:16) uses metaphorically to describe the words of Scripture as being spoken by God |
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| the series of events throughout history by which God acted to bring about the salvation of His people |
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| the self-authenticating nature of the bible by which it convinces us that its words are God's words |
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| the highest authority in one's life; an authority that cannon be disproved by appeal to any higher authority |
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| the idea that all the words in scripture are God's in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of scripture is to disbelieve or disobey god |
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| an argument that seeks to prove its conclusion by appealing to a claim that depends on the truth of the conclusion |
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| the idea that god expressly spoke every word of scripture to the human authors |
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| a term referring to the fact that words of scripture are spoken by God |
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| the idea that all the words of scripture are God's words, plenary meaning "full" |
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| greek graphe, the writings of the Old and New Testament, another term for the Bible |
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| the original copy of a Biblical document |
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| a term used by some people who, denying the inerrancy of the Bible, claim that the bible's purpose is only to tell us about these two subjects |
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| International Council on biblical Inerrancy. This organization drafted the "Chicago statement on biblical inerrancy" in 1978 that affirmed the inerrancy of scripture and defined what most evangelicals understand by the term inerrancy |
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| the idea that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact |
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| the idea that scripture is not able to lead us astray in matters of faith and practice |
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| occurrences of different words in different ancient copies in the same verse of Scripture |
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| the idea that the Bible is written in such a way that its teaching are able t toe understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it |
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| the process of interpreting a text of scripture |
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| the study of correct methods of interpreting scripture |
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| an older term for the clarity of scripture |
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| the knowledge of God's existence, character and moral law that comes through creation to all of humanity |
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| God's words addressed to specific people, including the words of the bible. this is to be distinguished from general revelation, which is given to all people generally. |
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| the idea that the bible is necessary for knowing the gospel, for maintaining spiritual life, and for knowing God's will, but is not necessary for knowing God exists for for knowing something about God's character and moral laws |
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| morally perfect in God's sight, a characteristic of those who follow God's word completely |
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| the idea that Scripture contained all the words of God he inteneded His people to have at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains all the words of God we need for salvation, for trusting Him perfectly, and for obeying Him perfectly |
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| language that speaks of God in human terms |
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| another name for the attribute of God's independence or self-existence |
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| aspects of God's character that he shares, or communicates with us |
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| when used of God, the doctrine that God has no beginning, end, or succession of moments in His own being, and He sees all time equally vividly, yet God sees eventsin time and acts in time |
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| infinity with respect to space |
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| another term for God's omnipresence |
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| infinity with respect to time |
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| another term for God's eternity |
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| various descriptions of God's character that are found in scripture |
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| the doctrine that God does not have size or special dimensions and is present at every point of space with His whole being, yet God acts differently in different places |
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| aspects of God's character that describe His essential mode of existence |
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| the true and real, though not exhaustive, seeing of God that will occur in heaven (lit., "the vision that makes blessed or happy") |
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| the doctrine that God will always do what he has said and will fulfill what He has promised |
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| the doctrine that God is the final standard of good, and that all God is and does is worthy of approval |
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| God's goodness towards those who deserve punishment |
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| the doctrine that God is separated from sin and devoted to seeking his own honor |
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| the doctrine, often based on a misunderstanding of Acts 14:15, that God does not have pasions or emotions. Scritpure instead teaches that God does have emotions, but hed oes not have sinful passions or emotions |
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| the doctrine that God's total essence, all of His spiritual being, will never be able to be seen by us, yet god still shows Himself to us through visible, created things |
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| the doctrine that God continually seeks to protect His own honor |
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| another term for God's righteousness |
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| the doctrine that God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible in one simple eternal act |
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| when used of God, the doctrine that God eternally gives of Himself to others |
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| aspects of God's character that describe the nature of his knowing and reasoning |
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| God's goodness toward those in misery and distress |
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| aspects of God's character that describe His moral or ethical nature |
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| the doctrine that God fully knows Himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act |
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| one simple and eternal act |
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| a term referring to an aspect of God's knowledge whereby he is always fully aware of everything and his knowledge never changes or grows |
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| another term for God's peace |
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| the doctrine that god always acts in accordance with what is right and that He is Himself the standard of what is right |
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| God's goodness in withholding of punishment toward those who sin over a period of time |
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| the doctrine that god is separate from all confusion and disorder in His being and His actions, yet He is continually active in innumberable well-ordered, fully controlled, simultaneous |
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| the doctrine that God exists as a being that is not made of any matter, has no parts or dimensions, is unable to be perceived by our bodily senses, and is more excellent than any other kind of existence |
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| an "appearance of God" in which He takes on a visible form to show Himself to people |
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| the doctrine that God is the true God and that all His knowledge and words are both true and the final standard of truth |
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| another term for God's truthfulness |
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| doctrine that God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals |
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| as an attribute of God, the doctrine that God intensely hates all sin |
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