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| Jewish Christian converts who insisted that Gentile converts had to follow the full torah(law) |
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| Doctrines concerning the relationship of the human and divine natures claimed for Jesus Christ |
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| God's promise, recorded in Jeremiah 31, to write a new law upon the human heart |
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| The officially sanctioned practice of worship |
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| a number of movements that believed the world was a material prison and the only salvation from it was through special knowledge |
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| To remove sanctity from events, places or ideas once considered sacred |
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| To defect from a previous faith commitment |
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| That discipline which deals with public defense of the faith |
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| A small, self-isolating group within a larger religious tradition |
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| The idea that history moves according to God's constant care and ultimate purpose |
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| An interpretation which takes the historical meaning seriously while also finding the finding significance for the type in the present |
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| The scattering of the Jewish people from Israel |
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Of same Substance
A technical term used to describe the unity of the three persons for the Christian trinity |
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| The dual doctrines that a person is justified before god by grace through faith |
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| Instruction given to those being prepared for baptism and full entrance into the church |
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| The claim that the death of Jesus was a saving event, uniting humanity with god and giving them new life |
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| That which binds, this can be the unwritten aspect of revelation claims |
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| A doctrine is a formal teaching. A dogma is considered to be an inspired, thus concluded and received, doctrine. |
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| The willful denial by a baptized person of any dogma of the Christian Fiath |
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| The full assumption of human nature by the second person of the trinity (Jesus) |
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| A habit of good behavior that enables one to do right gladly |
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| Union with God being realized through personal transformation |
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| A small story that compares one thing to another. Jesus used parables to compare the Reign of God to everyday living |
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| A religious system that holds that all present reality consists of two conflicting principles |
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| The theological claim that God both foreknows and foreordains who shall be saved |
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| The state of union with God by which we are made acceptable by grace |
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| The traditional celebration of the Paschal Event- Christ's passion, Death and Resurrection |
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| Definition of Prophecy (Fujita) |
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Proclamation of God's message
prophets would receive god's message and relay it to the people |
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Implication fo hebrew word "Hesed"
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| Indicates the loyal love that binds people together in covenants |
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| 3 theological distinctives in 2nd Isaiah |
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1. Began new era of god
2. World recognize YHWH as the only god
3. Suffering servant of YHWH |
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| Nature of the Davidic Covenant |
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| David desires to build temple for YHWH, god says he will build the "house" for him, its the thought that counts. "house" used as permanent structure and of a dynasty |
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Low in comparison with Gospel of John, but relatively undeveloped.
More appropiately seen as modeling a faithful response to a personal crisis |
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| Galatians "Grace of Christ" |
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added circumcision and observation of the law of moses to faith in Christ.
it was useful for appreciating the continuities and contrasts between the Jewish faith and Christianity or between old and new testament |
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Opposite of science.
Its always personal and subjective and can't be verified. |
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| Connection of creed and myth |
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| Because god is considered a myth, and him being the main character in the creed, the creed is considered mythical |
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| What believers assert by reciting creed together |
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| The world as imagined by scripture and constructed by the creed is the world they choose to live in |
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| The way the creed provides a measure for Christian identity |
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