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1
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Define Epistemology.

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Study of how we acquire knowledge

2
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How is God revealed to us?

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He is self-revealed.

3
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What defines what we can say about God as Christians?

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Scripture.

4
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In our approach to understanding God what is the best starting point?

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Not with human philosophy, let the OT speak to the NT.

5
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Because humanity is “fallen” where must revelation start?

A

All of the above.

6
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When we consider how God revealed Himself in Scripture what is a proper Christian response?

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God’s process of revelation is good.

7
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What must a Christian say about the OT?

A

Lays out true revelation of God.

8
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What does the NT revelation build on?

A

OT

9
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According to Hendrikus Berkoff’s a better hermetical approach to God’s revelation in Scripture is which of the following?

A

Let the OT speak to the NT and let that inform later philosophy.

10
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What is biblically appropriate in speaking of God?

A

We can only say what scripture says.

11
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What is the belief in one God called?

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Monotheism

12
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What is an atheist?

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Person who doesn’t believe in the existence of God.

13
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What is an agnostic?

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Person who believes the existence of God is unknown and unknowable.

14
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What is a pantheist?

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Equates God with nature or forces of the universe.

15
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What is a polytheist?

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Person who believes in more than 1 god.

16
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What makes up the belief of Ditheism?

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Belief of 2 gods, is a form of polytheism.

17
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What is Tritheism?

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Belief in 3 gods, form of polytheism.

18
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Which of these religions are monotheistic?

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Christianity, Judaism, Islam

19
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What constitutes trinitarianism?

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3 distinct persons in the Godhead, but one God.

20
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What are the 2 extreme tendencies in trinitarian thought?

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  1. Emphasizes the unity of God without understanding of 3 distinct persons. 2. Emphasize the 3ness of the trinity to the point they believe in 3 self-conscious beings.
21
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What makes binitarianism unique?

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Doesn’t classify Holy Ghost as a person.

22
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Many monotheists have pointed out that both trinitarianism and binitarianism ultimately do what?

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Weaken the strict monotheism. It is a stumbling block to Jews and Muslims.

23
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Which of the following represents strict monotheism?

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There is only one God, but deny’s the full deity of Jesus Christ.

24
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Who represents strict monotheism and yet rejects the full divinity of Christ?

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Dynamic monarchians, like; Paul of Samosata & Arians led by Arius.

25
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Which of the following represents the second class of true monotheists?

A

All above

26
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What is the term Church historians have used for this second class of strict monotheists?

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Modalism & modalistic monarchianism.

27
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Who are some of these strict monotheists from history?

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Noetus, Praxeas, & Sabellius.

28
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What term in the twentieth century is used by those who believe in both the indivisible oneness of God and the full deity of Jesus Christ to describe themselves?

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Oneness.

29
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What has been, and still is, a major stumbling block for Jewish people in terms of accepting Christianity?

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Trinity.

30
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What does the OT reveal about God’s nature?

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He is One God.

31
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Is there a place for a trinity in the OT?

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No