Glossary for Lessons 1-3
Glossary for lessons 1-3. SCROLL DOWN to review key names and terms. You may also search for a term by clicking on its first letter below.
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AnthropologyIn theology, it is the doctrine of man. | |
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BibliologyThe study of the Bible | |
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Compositional collationProcess of using several different arguments to defend a point of view. | |
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DualismBelief that the spiritual world is good, but the material world is evil | |
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EcclesiologyThe doctrine of the Church | |
EschatologyThe doctrine of the last things | |
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Factual reductionProcess of focusing on only one point of a Bible passage that has the purpose of communicating other points as well | |
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MysticismBelief system that emphasizes the need to go beyond reason to receive revelation through spiritual ecstasy | |
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Neo-Platonism A philosophical school rooted in Plato, but including new ideas by philosophers such as Plotinus. | |
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OrthodoxyCorrect thinking | |
OrthopathosCorrect feeling | |
OrthopraxisCorrect living | |
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Patristic TheologyTheology during the period of 150-600 A.D. | |
PremiseIn a syllogism, this is one of the first statements that lead to a conclusion. For example, in the following syllogism, "1. All men are mortal. 2. Socrates is a man. Conclusion: Socrates is mortal.", there are two: "All men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man." | |
PropositionA meaningful sentence that declares something which can be evaluated either as true or as false. | |
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RationalismBelief system that emphasizes the uses of reason and human reflection | |
Repetitive collationThe process of using a series of Bible passages with similar content to present an argument for a theological point of view | |
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SanctificationThis term can refer to several different aspects of righteousness: a. first righteousness, or definitive righteousness for Christians, b. progressive ongoing holiness in Christians, and c. being set apart from the rest of the world, even though a person is not a Christian. | |
ScholasticismSchool of theology during the medieval period, that put great emphasis on the use of Aristotelian logic | |
SoteriologyThe doctrine of salvation | |
SyllogismA logical argument in which two or more premises lead to a conclusion. For example, "1. All men are mortal. 2. Socrates is a man. Conclusion: Socrates is mortal." | |
SyncretismThe practice of mixing religions or mixing philosophy with religion. | |
Systematic TheologyA systematic presentation of all the doctrinal truths of the Christian religion. | |
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Theological PropositionAn indicative sentence that asserts as directly as possible at least one factual theological claim | |
Theology ProperThe doctrine of God | |