Term
| Define Invisible and visible church |
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Definition
| The invisible church or church invisible is a theological concept of an "invisible" body of the elect who are known only to God, in contrast to the "visible church"—that is, the institutional body on earth which preaches the gospel and administers the sacraments. Every member of the invisible church is saved, while the visible church contains some individuals who are saved and others who are unsaved. |
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Term
| What are four ways in which the term catholic can be used? |
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Definition
-spread through the world
-entirety (not leaving anything out)
-extending the mission to everyone
-universal remedy to sin |
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Term
| Explain a Donatist vision of the church? |
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Definition
| People who betrayed the church in persecutions (i.e. handing over Bibles, recanted their faith, etc.) could not regain entrance to the church. |
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Term
| Define holiness in relation to the church. |
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Definition
Name given to the holiness and "higher life teachings" which took place beginning in 1875 during annual conventions in Keswick, England, primarily among evangelical Anglicans
Emphasis on purity, separation |
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| Define ecclesia docens and ecclesia discens. |
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Definition
Ecclesia Docens - The teaching Church. A term applied to the hierarchy, that is, the Pope and the bishops in union with him, speaking in their divinely authorized capacity of teaching the faithful in matters pertaining to salvation and sanctification.
Ecclesia Discens - The learning Church. A term applied to all the faithful insofar as they are being taught by the successors of the Apostles. The basis for the expression is Christ's commission to the eleven before the Ascension, "Go, therefore, make disciple of all nations" (Matthew 28:19). |
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| What is the Lumen Gentium and its teaching on the priesthood of Christ |
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Definition
One of the principal documents of the 2nd Vatican Council. It taught that there is a
common priesthood among believers through the priesthood of Christ, but that it occurs
in a special way through ordained priests. The ordained priest acts as the person of Christ while administering the sacraments. |
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Term
| Define eucharist, sacrament? |
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Definition
Eucharist - Give thanks/Thanksgiving
Sacrament
State - military oath of allegiance, legally can refer to the sum of money that plaintiffs deposited with a priest as a sign of willingness to be humbled before the divine judgment
Church - a sign or a thing that, apart from its appearance to the senses, causes something more to come to mind..a reference to divine things...in them one thing is seen and another thing understood. What is seen has a bodily appearance, but what is understood has spiritual fruit. St. Augustine
A word is connected to the event to convey the inner reality of the grace of God |
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Term
| What are the chief arguments in favor of infant baptism? Adult baptism? |
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Definition
Adult Baptism - Every baptism in NT is baptism of an adult.
Infant - No direct NT reference, but if the whole family is described as being baptised, it is likely they baptised at least one or two children. |
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| What are the three dominant understandings concerning Eucharist? |
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Definition
Transubstantiation - Bread and Wine become the literal Body and Blood of Christ
Consubstantiation - It holds that during the sacrament, the fundamental "substance" of the body and blood of Christ are present alongside the substance of the bread and wine, which remain present.
Memorialism - Eucharist is solely a remembering act |
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Term
| Define Eschatology? Apostolicity? Priesthood of all believers |
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Definition
Eschatology - Study of last things, end times
Apostolicity - Of or relating to a succession of spiritual authority from the 12 Apostles, regarded by Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and some others to have been perpetuated by successive ordinations of bishops and to be requisite for valid orders and administration of sacraments.
Who/what we are defines what we do
This model supports church hierarchy
Priesthood of All Believers - Contrast to Apostolicity, states that all believers are priests in the Kingdom, and therefore all are equally about to teach, administer sacraments, etc. |
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| Who argued Church is wherever the word of God is Preached |
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Definition
| Martin Luther and John Calvin |
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Term
| How does the bible describe the church? |
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Definition
| A sheep hold, a flock, a cultivated field, a vineyard, branches, a building, a house, a household, a temple, a holy city, a bride, an exile etc. |
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| The doctrine that baptism should only be administered to believing adults. |
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Term
| What is the relationship between the church and the Kingdom of God? |
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Definition
The Kingdom of God is a much wider concept than the Church. The Kingdom includes every area of life that is under rule and authority of God. If God rules a home it is part of the Kingdom. Where a business is run on biblical principles, it is also part of the Kingdom. The Kingdom of God includes every human activity that is done according to his will.
Church is just a facet of the Kingdom |
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Term
| Define ex opera operato and ex opera operantis. |
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Definition
Ex Opera Operato - from the work done. Refers to Sacraments. It claims the efficacy of the Sacrament stems from the action, not from the one administering it.
Ex Opera Operantis - It claims the Sacrament's efficacy stems from the one who is administering it |
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Term
| What is dispensationalism? |
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Definition
| Dispensationalism is an evangelical, futurist, Biblical interpretation that understands God to have related to human beings in different ways under different Biblical covenants in a series of "dispensations," or periods in history. |
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| In reference to Scripture what did Benjamin Warfield and A.H. Hodge attempt to accomplish? |
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Definition
Benjamin Warfield (1851-1921) Inerrancy - all of Scripture statements were truthful if interpreted according to the sense in which the biblical authors had intended them
A.A. Hodge - the Scriptures not only contain, but ARE THE WORD OF GOD, and hence … all their elements and all their affirmations are absolutely errorless, and binding the faith and obedience of men. |
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Term
| Who were the radical reformers? |
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Definition
Puritants, Pietists, Anabaptists
Tenets of belief/practice
That personal salvation is entirely from God: emphasis on experience
That the Bible provides the indispensable guide to life
Perfectionist leanings |
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| What is German Higher Criticism? |
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Definition
New willingness to regard historical writing as a product of the historians worldviews as well as of the actual events reported
Leads many to question some or all the miraculous stories in the Bible
Involves use of textual/historical criticism and literary devices so as to study the Bible critically.
Makes the Bible become equal to every other book |
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Discipline with a purpose
Self-denial and obedience to God in all things
This is the truth, if a monk regards contempt as praise, poverty as riches and hunger as a feast he will never die.
This led to a state of apatheia and humility |
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Term
| What occasioned the Great Schism? |
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Definition
Papal authority (Pope Leo IX) - which Pope has authority?
Doctrine - Difference in doctrines (east vs. west)
Language - Latin (West) vs. Greek (East)
Geographical - East vs. West
Theological - Doctrine. |
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Term
| Who were the Franciscans and Dominicans? |
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Definition
Both were orders of Monks
Franciscans (St. Francis of Assisi)
Simplicity
Dominicans
Teaching |
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St. Benedict of Nursia (480-550)
Rule of St. Benedict
12 step program to humility
Obedience
Not my will
Submit to a superior
Endure all things
Confess all thoughts
Acceptance
Believes in ones wretchedness
Common rule
Silence
Restraint
Limited speech
Heart |
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| What was the Liberal/Fundamental divide of the early part of the 20th century? |
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Definition
Revelation to Reason
Increasingly reason trumps faith as a means of discovering truth
Within the church it leads to renewed efforts to reasonably trust Scripture
Sinful humanity to natural humanity
Increased confidence in natural sciences
God works best within human societies |
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| What are the four major approaches to the unity of the church? |
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Definition
-Imperialist---only the visible church is true
-Platonic---visible and invisible
-Eschatological---visible and invisible will come together in the last day
-Biological---branches of a tree |
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