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Christian Beliefs in History Final

Terms in this set (117)

Original Guilt and Original Pollution
What are the two elements of Original sin?
Original Guilt
liability to punishment of Adam's original transgression or obligation to render satisfaction to God' justice for Adam's sin

you are held responsible for the original sin
Original Pollution
our inherent lack of spiritual good and inability to do good before God

affect of the fall
Total Depravity and Spiritual Inability
What are the two parts of original pollution?
Total Depravity
pollution in its pervasiveness; structural

human nature is corrupt because of the fall
Spiritual Inability
pollution in its effect on our abilities; functional
in terms of legal guilt...
in terms of affect on our lives and relationship with god

is there a worse hell?
degrees of sin
that we are as bad as we can be

we can still have conscience, intellect, and will
(doing good) total depravity does not mean...
(doing good) spiritual good
HAS
faith, revealed will and glory
(doing good) civil good
HAS
revealed will

DOESN'T HAVE
faith
glory
Seminal Headship
universal human nature to corrupt and guilty in Adam
we actually all sinned in Adam in some way
Federal headship
God created the soul for each individual and united at suitable moment
Head failed, so we all have imputed to us his sin
jesus christ was fully god and fully man in one person, and will be so forever
Doctrine of the person of christ
jesus full humanity necessary
for representative obedience
to be a substitute sacrifice
to be the one mediator between god and man
jesus full humanity necessary pt 2
to fulfill gods original purpose for man to rule over creation
to be our example and pattern in life
to be the pattern for our redeemed bodies
to sympathize as a high priest
why was jesus deity necessary?
scripture affirms that the only infinite person could bear full penalty for all the sins of all those who would believe in him

salvation is from the lord
why was jesus deity necessary? pt 2
scripture affirms no human, no creature could save man

mediator needs to be fully god and fully man to bring us back and revealed him most fully
Docetism
Jesus seemed to have a body; "phantom"

one of the earliest heresies
Apollinarianism
christ did not have a human mind, but a divine mind

"meat suit heresy"
Ebionism
Jesus was a mere man who was qualified at his baptism to be the messiah due to the descent of the HS
Arianism
Christ was a god in creation
Eutychianism
two natures that created a third (centar)
divine nature swallowed up human nature
Nestorianism
Christ is two persons somehow conjoined

jesus and god is the same
Council of Chalcedon (451)
reluctently supplemented Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381
Council of Chalcedon Result
eternally divine second person of the trinity took on human nature, retaining his full divinity while becoming fully human
Eutychianism, Appolinarianism, Nestorianism
What are the three heresies that Chalcedon Denies
christ is fully god, fully man
each nature maintains its distinctive characteristics
the two natures are united together in the one person
What did the Chalcedon affirm
chalcedon distinction
person with divine nature took on essential human nature becoming fully man

brought personhood to the incarnation
understanding chalcedon
one nature does things that the other nature does not do
understanding chalcedon pt 2
person does whatever a particular nature does

human nature died, divine nature cant die
two minds theory
one person, yet one mind and desires with each nature
understanding chalcedon summary statement
"remaining what he was, he became what he was not"
Three offices of christ
prophet, priest, king
Prophet
appointed by God's representative to be His messenger
Priest
man's representative to God
King
power to rule all things in heaven and on earth
humiliation
christ was under the law,

not only as a rule of life, but as the condition of the covenant of works, and even under the condemnation of the law
5 traditional components of humiliation
incarnation, suffering, death, burial, descent into hades
exaltation
free from the law,

having met the condition of the covenant of works and having paid the penalty for sin
four components of exaltation
resurrection, ascension, session, return
God's love and justice
cause of the atonement
necessity of the atonement
not absolutely necessary (grudem)

death appears to be a consequent absolute necessity
propitation
A sacrifice that bears God's wrath to the end and in so doing changes God's wrath toward us into favor.

godward view
christs active obedience (life)
life of perfect obedience ot god in order to earn righteousness for us
christs passive obedience (death)
took on the sufferings necessary to pay the penalty for our sins
penal substitution also (vicarious atonement)
christ bore the penalty in our place

core of the atonement
four needs met in the atonement
sacrifice, propitiation, reconciliation redemption
ransom to satan theory (satanward)
ransom was paid to satan
recapitulation theory (godward)
irenaeus

christ satisfied the justice of god and thus liberated man but prominence to the following theme:

goes through stages of human life
undergoes the trials of adam
satisfaction theory (godward)
sin is withholding from god honor which is due

god can be vindicated by punishment or satisfaction

anlem
Election
unconditioned act of God before creation in which he chooses some people to be saved, not on account of any foreseen merit
Outward Call
proclimation, inclination of Gospel

A promise of forgiveness and eternal life

beware of riders
Effectual Call
act of God the father speaking through the human proclamations of gospel in which he summons people to himself

god speaking to us
Regneration
secret act of God in which he imparts new spiritual life to us and the governing disposition of the soul is made holy

subconscious level, god working through us

muck shark into eagle
moral influence theory (humanward)
suffering life us --> shows love and softens hearts and leads to repentance

peter abelard
example theory (humanward)
true obedience, live by example
governmental theory (godward)
token satisfaction

view that jesus death was not of value

he shows us what will happen is we don't repent
historical background of the holy spirit
beginning of arian debate
anthanasius: letters to serapion
proclaimed god clearly at constantinople I
no dispute by 451 at Chalcedon
Holy spirit and jesus
spirit causes mary to conceive
jesus would baptize with the holy spirit
jesus worked by the power of the holy spirit
spiritual gift
any ability that is empowered by the holy spirit and used in any ministry of the church

**only spoken in context of the church
charismata
gifts
gift based movements
pentacostal, charismatic, third wave
cessationists
thought gifts were for them
charismatics
practice the gifts and attend a charismatic church
TULIP
Total Depravity
Unconditional Election
Limited Atonement
Irresistible Grace
Perseverance of the Saints
exclusivist
only christians are saved (cornerstone)
inclusivist
some outside of the christian pale can be saved by extracting the basic christian essence form their religion

dangerous
pluralist
many roads, if one obeys hers own different god will accept her
universalist
all saved somehow
order of the ordo salutis
election,
outward call/proclamation,
effectual calling/regeneration,
repentance contrition/faith,
justification,
adoption,
sanctification/perseverance,
death or rapture,
intermediate state,
glorification

(ALL THE UNION)
Conversion
Faith/Repentance: our willing response to the gospel call, in which we sincerely repent of our sins and place our trust in Christ for salvation
Saving Faith
Trust in Jesus Christ as a living person for forgiveness of sins and for eternal life
Justification
legal act of God in which he thinks of our sins as forgiven and Christ's righteousness as belonging to us and declares us to be righteous in his sight

**faith is the instrumental means of justification
Adoption
union of Christ and believers in broad sense

follows conversion
Sanctification
progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives

we have a role and the HS has a role
Perserverance
all those who are truly born again will be kept by gods power and will persevere as Christians
knowledge, assent, trust

(sometimes people don't have all three)
saving faith consists of....
repentance
a heartfelt sorrow for sin, a renouncing of it, and a sincere commitment to forsake it and walk in obedience to Christ

contribution vs attrition
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heartfelt sorrow dont want to be punished
Glorification
final step in application of redemption at Christs return
Evangelism
sharing good news and inviting others to respond; ministry to those OUTSIDE the church
union
union of christ and believers in a broad sense
prior to creation
through the work of redemption
regeneration and beyond
ideal union
objective union
subjective union
rapture
The taking up or snatching up of believers to be with Christ when he returns to the earth
intermediate state
heaven or paradise
Edification
ministry to those INSIDE the church; discipleship

occurs through fellowship and teaching and other gifts
three stages of sanctification
regeneration
thru lives
death
Worship
directing attention to the Lord and adore Him and give Him thanksgiving and praise (not about you)

ministry to the lord
interrelationships of worship, edification, and evangelism
edification: inward
evangelism: outward
worship: upward
social concern for evangelism
people sometimes focus more on social concern than coming to christ
offices of government
deacons, elders, bishops, pastor
Episcopal
authority lies in the bishops: one or multi-tiered

different degrees of ordination
Presbyterianism
key officer is the elder, each church having a few

elders are selected by the pope

sole officer at every level

*this form offers more opinions
Congregational
stresses power of individual Christian

contains autonomy and democracy
Non-government
spirit is followed, not men

*hippie nonsense, never works
(supernatural) grace
blessing of God that removes sin and renews the sinner in conformity with the image of God
means of grace
objective channels which christ has instituted in the church and to which ordinarily binds himself in the communication of His grace

3 discussed: word, baptism, communion
baptizo
to plunge, dip, emmerse
Baptismal Regenerationists
baptism actually effects a transformation bringing a person from spiritual death to life

*saved through baptism
reformed view
grace imparted by baptism to parents, child, or child later

*sanctifying
Evangelical-reformed view
believers baptism

*sanctifying
Token View
believers baptism, but says the baptism imparts no spiritual side, just intellectual

*god isn't doing anything, just obedience
Transubstantiation (Roman Catholic)
"hoc est corpus meum" substance changes but the properties remain

reformers didn't like this
Consubstantiation (Lutheran)
bread/wine do not change but the addition of local presence of Christ's physical body/blood

*we digest it differently
Zwinglian Memorial View
no supernatural benefits; memorial

*no real presence
Reformed View
not bodily present, we unite with him spiritually during communion
parousia
coming
Christ's second coming
christs second coming
bodily return
cannot know the hour
signs preceding christs return
preaching of the gospel to all nations
the tribulation
false prophets
signs in heaven
the coming of the man of sin and the rebellion
the salvation of israel
Amillenialism
*no future millennium
millennium is now
reign in heaven
one parousias (return)
events all at once
Post Millenialism
future millennium
reign on earth
one parousias (return)
events all at once

Church age >> millennium -->
Christ return/res of believers/unbelievers and judgement --> eternal state

*more death and destruction
*much like the age we live in currently
Historic Premillenialism
future millennium
2 resurrections
events over one thousand year period

Church age --> tribulation --> res of believers and catching up with Christ --> Millennium --> res of unbelievers/judgement --> eternal state
Dispensational Premillenialism
future millennium
2 resurrections
reign on earth
events over 1000 year period

Church Age --> Christ returns and catches up believers --> tribulation --> Christ/Believers return to reign --> millennium --> res of unbelievers/judgement --> eternal state
Sin is a ___
moral evil
characteristics of sin
sin is evil
sin has an absolute character
sin is anti-law
sin included guilt and pollution
sin has its seat in the heart
sin can be ____
voluntary and involuntary
sin is not a lesser degree of good, but a _____
positive evil
sin is called ____ in the scripture
flesh
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