 | Term | Definition |
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ontological argument |
argument of cause to effect |
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teleological argument |
orderliness, things work towards an end, effect to cause |
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cosmological argument |
that there is a world, something rather than nothing, effect to cause |
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moral argument |
we cannot escape from thinking acting, & judging, effect to cause |
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a priori |
prior to sense experience |
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a posteriori |
after sense experience |
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St. Anslem |
cosmological argument |
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dynamistic marchianism/subordination |
Jesus is the supreme creation, but less than God |
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Modalistic Monarchianism/Modalism |
God exists in three modes, makes mockery of triadic passages |
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Proponent of Modalism |
Sabellius |
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Athanasius |
argued at Nicea Jesus as fully God |
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Proponent of Monarhcianism/subordination |
Arius - argued Jesus submission |
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Council of Nicea |
met to resolve Jesus proper relationship to the Father |
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Athanasian view |
Prevailed - Nicean Creed came out of this |
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Council of Constantinople |
attention shifts to Holy Spirit |
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Cappadocian Fathers |
Basil & Gregory of Nyssa (brothers), Gregory of Nazianzus |
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Gregory of Nazianzus |
argued unashamedly for the spirit as homousias |
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Nicean addition |
only said we believe in the Spirit |
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Ontological Immutability |
God not being able to change in his essence or divine nature |
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Relational Mutability |
God changing appropriately in respect to changes that occur within his created order and among his moral creatures |
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Immanent Trinity |
God as he is within himself |
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Economic Trinity |
God as he is related to the world |
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Aquinas 5 ways |
Cosmological, Moral, and Teleological |
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Champion of moral argument for Gods existence |
CS Lewis |
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filioque |
The Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son |
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Incommunicable Attributes |
are posessed by God alone, and not shared with created reality |
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Communicable Attributes |
are shared with at least some portion of finite creation |
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self-existence |
aseity |
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self sufficiency |
posession intrinsically and eternally of every quality - he needs nothing |
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Infinity |
boundless unrestriction of all qualities |
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Omnipresence |
Immensity, unlimited by space |
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Divine eternity |
God is not limited by time |
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