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Theological Education Terms

Rudi Rudisill Religious Studies English 58 cards

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  1. 1Advent4 Sundays Before Christmas signifying the beginning of the Christian year
    -Coming of Jesus into the world, anticipates return.
  2. 2AgapeGreek word for self-giving, self-sacrificing love found in God himself.
    Almost exclusively reserved for God himself.
  3. 3AnthropomorphismDescribing God human like qualities
  4. 4ApocolypseAnother name for the book of Revelation meaning to uncover or unveil
  5. 5ApochryphaWritings excluded from the protestant canon, but found in the Catholic, Septuagint, and Latin Vulgate
    Literally means "hidden away"
  6. 6AtonementPayment on our behalf; reconciliation between us and God
  7. 7BaptismProfession symbolizing putting to death old self and being raised to life in Christ.
    Greek Baptiso means dip
  8. 8BiblicismUncritical and extremely literal interpretation of scripture
  9. 9CanonGreek for measure or norm
    books of the Bible that are accepted as authoritative scripture
  10. 10CharismaGreek for "Gift"
    Spiritual gift, endowment of God's grace bestowed by the Holy Spirit
  11. 11Christ the King SundaySunday before Advent. End of Christian Year celebrating Jesus' eternal reign
  12. 12ChristologyTheological study of Christ's role as human and divine.
  13. 13Commentarywritten study of book or books of bible, that incorporates critical insights of linguistic, historical, and theological disciplines
  14. 14ConcordanceAlphabetical listing of principle words in a book
  15. 15ConfessionAdmittance of sins and turning from them
  16. 16Creatio Ex NihiloLatin for Creation out of Nothing
  17. 17CreedStatement of shared beliefs of a religious community
  18. 18Dead Sea ScrollsPortion of the OT found on North Shore of Dead Sea; 1947; Every copy is earliest copy by at least 1,000 years
  19. 19DecalogueGreek for Ten Commandments
  20. 20DiasporaThe dispersal of the Hebrew people after the exile of 587 BCE
  21. 21DoxologyGreek for praise and glory
    Description of praise and glory to God or persons of the Trinity usually found at the end of a literary section
  22. 22Dynamic Equivalence/ Formal CorrespondanceDE- translation closer to a paraphrase with effect equivalent to original reader
    FC- translation to original text, original meaning, original reader
  23. 23Easterpart of the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Christ
  24. 24Ecclesiologythe branch concerned with the nature of the church
  25. 25Eisegesisreading into scripture the meaning one wants to find
  26. 26ElohimA Hebrew name for God found 2,570 times in the OT; it is plural of Eloah. In addition to being a proper name of God, it can also refer to gods in general.
  27. 27EschatologyGreek eschatos "last" study of end times
  28. 28EucharistA Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper; Consecrated elements represent Christ. Means thanksgiving (Thanking God for good gift)
  29. 29EuphemismA word substituted for another; usually for reasons of good tastes or delicacy
    A soft way of saying a hard thing
  30. 30ExegesisLiterally means to lead out
    The usage of critical and scholarly methods to derive the meaning of a passage
  31. 31Fundamentalisma form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture
  32. 32GnosticismBased on the idea of dualism in the world; spirit is good matter is bad; believed that a lesser diving being created the world
    From Greek gnosis, “knowledge.” A widespread and highly diverse religious movement with roots in Greek philosophy and folk religion. Its chief emphases are the utter transcendence of God, created matter as fallen and evil, and salvation by esoteric knowledge. The Gnostic heresy or Gnosticism is the developed system that emerged in the second century AD and is associated with the names of Marcion, Basilides, and Valentinius.
  33. 33HeavenThe realm that God rules
  34. 34HellenismHellenistic Age-There era of cultural unity in the Greek East brought about by the conquests of Alexander the Great. The adoption or imposition, of Greek language and culture; a tendency accelerated in Judaism during the Hellenistic age.
  35. 35HermeneuticsTheory and principles of interpretation; for writings, correctly understanding the thought of an author and communicating that thought to others.
  36. 36Historical JesusLooking at the life of Jesus from outside sources in history
  37. 37Homileticsthe art of preaching or sermon writing
  38. 38Imago DeiImage of God. A theological term, applied uniquely to humans, which denotes the symbolical relation between God and humanity.
  39. 39InerrancyThe doctrine that the Bible is free from error or mistake; its rationale usually based on verbal inspiration and is restricted to the autographs, which would be free from textual corruption
  40. 40Inspirationsource of scripture
  41. 41Interlinear BibleA bible that contains an English translation written between the lines of the biblical text printed in Hebrew or Greek.
  42. 42H Richard Niebhurs The Four Calls1. Christian Call
    2.Secret Call
    3. Providential Call
    4. Ecclesiastical Call
  43. 43Christian CallFirst Calling is to follow Christ
  44. 44Secret CallInner-urging to take up ministry
  45. 45ProvidentialGod speaking through our talents, equipping us through certain tasks and circumstances
  46. 46EcclesiasticalThe call to serve a church or community in a specific role
  47. 47Biblical Examples of CallGenesis 3:9 (First call in bible)
    1 Samuel 3 (Samuel called by God)
    Luke 3 (Jesus aligns himself with John the Baptist)
    Acts 17, 18, 22, 1 Corinth. 1 (Paul Call)
  48. 48Martin RossClear call to be a pastor but influenced by missions
    Tried to NC involved as a state to support missionaries and missions by going around to different churches trying to get a school formed
    Died 1828
    Finally, something was formed in
    1830, Baptist State Convention formed
    1834 Wake Forest opened training school for ministers
    influenced other ministers
  49. 49James Fowler The Stages of FaithStage 1 - Imitative Faith
    Stage 2 - Narrated
    Stage 3 - Adopted
    Stage 4 - Examined
    Stage 5 - Owned
    Stage 6 - Transcendent
  50. 50Stage 1Imitative faith
    Early childhood
  51. 51Stage 2Narrated faith
    School age
    everything is a story
  52. 52Stage 3Adopted Faith
    Adolescence
    Have parents faith which is not yet yours
  53. 53Stage 4Examined Faith
    Late Adol. Early Adult
    Formative/ When it starts to become your own
  54. 54Stage 5Owned
    Adulthood and Midlife
    officially your faith
  55. 55Stage 6Transcendent faith
    Rare
    Translators of faith between all levels of faith or no faith
  56. 56Embedded TheologyWhat we are raised to believe; ingrained within.
  57. 57Deliberative TheologyFaith that we have grown into
    Start to formulate own ideas as a believer
    Your own
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Religious Studies Flashcards on Theological Education Terms, created by Rudi Rudisill on 24/10/2016.
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