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CREC Study Guide Key CREC Study Guide Key Theology 1. List four kinds of theology: a. Biblical Theology. b. Historical Theology. c. Practical Theology. d. Systematic Theology. [Note that there are, in actuality, dozens of answers to this question, such as theological anthropology, hamartiology, ecclesiology, etc.] 2. Name four of the methods by which God specifically revealed Himself and His will in the Old Covenant. a. Dreams. b. Visions. c. Angels. d. Face-to-face. [One could also answer general and special revelation, prophecy, Scripture, theophany, Christophany, writing on the wall, etc.] 3. The idea that God the Creator has revealed Himself in His work is known as General Revelation or Natural Revelation. 4. Special Revelation or Supernatural Revelation is where God revealed Himself through the prophets, apostles, and His Son, and as these were divinely recorded in Scripture. 5. Inspiration is the supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit upon divinely chosen men by which their writings become trustworthy and authoritative. 6. Infallible is the term used to describe the facts that the word of God perfectly achieves its end, gives us reliable testimony, and provides us with an authoritative norm for faith and life. 7. What is the interpretive method required by the rules of grammar and the facts of history? Grammatico-historical method. 8. What is meant by the “analogy of faith?” Scripture interprets Scripture. 1 9. The term that refers to the list of books recognized by the church as the authoritative word of God. The Canon. 10. These thirteen extra-canonical books were accepted at the Council of Carthage (397) as suitable for reading, but were rejected by the Reformers as unworthy and contradictory to the accepted canon of Scripture. The Apocrypha. 11. The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. 12. List three ways that God makes Himself known? a. Creation. b. Scripture. c. His Son. 13. Inerrant means with no error in anything it teaches, whether historical, scientific or spiritual. It is that characteristic of Scripture which assures that the original autographs were wholly without error or fault in all matters it touches upon in relation to history, science, geography, or whatever. 14. Plenary means extending to the whole of the written word; no part of it is less inspired than any other part. 15. Verbal Inspiration extends to the very words used. The words themselves are inspired. 16. Natural theology is a construction of theology based on an analysis of creation. 17. Identify these four Old Testament names for God and their meaning: a. El, or Elohim This name stresses the idea of might, strength, power. b. Adonai is a name usually translated “Lord.” It bears the connotation of “to judge, rule.” c. Shaddai or El Shaddai signifies “power.” But rather than pointing to power in creation, it suggests the use of power for gracious, saving purposes. God appeared to Abraham by this name (Ex. 6:2). d. Yahweh or Jehovah The special covenantal name of God. It occurs 6823 times in the Old Testament. 18. Identify these two New Testament Names of God and their meaning. a. Theos is the Greek equivalent of el and elohim. It is a generic term that is also applied to false gods. b. Kurios is the name translated “Lord.” 2 19. Those distinguishing characteristics and perfections, which are predicated of God in Scripture and without which He would cease to be God are called the The Divine Attributes . 20. They are those attributes which emphasize the absolute being of God Himself. There is little analogous to these attributes in the human spirit. Incommunicable Attributes. 21. They are those attributes which emphasize the personal nature of God. These bear the nearest analogy to those in the human spirit. Communicable Attributes. 22. List three of the incommunicable attributes of God. a. Independence. b. Infinity. c. Immutability. 23. List four of the communicable attributes of God. a. Spirituality. b. Knowledge. c. Wisdom. d. Goodness. e. Holiness. f. Righteousness. 24. The decree of God is His eternal plan, which he brings to pass through his work of creation and providence. 25. From what did God create the world? Nothing. 26. What are two ways man is different from the animals? a. Man has a soul. b. Man is made after God‘s own image. c. Man has the mandate to take dominion over the creation. 27. Providence is God’s most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all His creatures, and all their actions. 28. Sin is any lack of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. 29. Imputation is the idea of reckoning to the account of another. 30. The doctrine of original sin asserts that all men inherit natural corruption from their federal head, Adam. 3 31. The term that describes the nature of man has two fundamentals parts; body and soul. Dichotomy. 32. The term that describes the nature of man has three fundamentals parts; body, soul and spirit. Trichotomy. 33. List six major covenantal administrations. a. Adamic. b. Noahic. c. Abrahamic. d. Mosaic. e. Davidic. f. New Covenant. 34. The idea that God the Son exists, since the Incarnation as one person with two distinct natures, one fully human, one fully divine is known as the Hypostatic Union. 35. What are the two states of Christ? a. Humiliation. b. Exhaltation. 36. What are the three offices of the Son of God? a. Prophet. b. Priest. c. King. 37. Identify the following heresies: a. God granted Jesus powers and then adopted him as a Son. Adoptionism. b. Jesus divine will overshadowed and replaced the human. Apollinarianism. c. Jesus was a lesser, created being. Arianism. d. Jesus was divine, but only seemed to be human. Docetism. e. Dualism of good and bad and special knowledge for salvation. Gnosticism. f. Jesus gave up some divine attributes while on earth. Kenosis. g. God is one person in three modes. Modalism or Sabellianism. h. God is one person. Unitarianism. i. Jesus had only one nature: divine. Monophysitism. j. The Trinity is really three separate gods. Tritheism. 38. What are the four moral states of man? a. Able to sin/Innocency. b. Not able not to sin/Fallen. c. Able not to sin/Redeemed. 4 d. Not able to sin/Glorified. 39. This Latin term is used to describe the order of salvation. ordo salutis. 40. The theological term that describes the act by which we become sons of God. Adoption. 41. Justification is the forensic declaration of God that a person is now clean in His sight on the sole basis of the righteousness of Christ imputed to them. 42. Sanctification is the continual working of the Spirit in the believer to bring about growth in the grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. 43. Repentance is a saving grace, whereby a sinner genuinely turns from his sin. 44. The idea that men cease to exist after death is know as Annihilationism. 45. The teachings and practices that are neither commanded nor forbidden in scripture. Adiaphora. 46. The study of the Christian church, its structure, order, practices, and hierarchy. Ecclesiology. 47. The branch of philosophy that deals with the area of knowledge, its source, criteria, kinds, and the relationship between what is known and the one who is knowing it. Epistemology. 48. The study of the teachings in the Bible concerning the end times, or of the period of time dealing with the return of Christ and the events that follow. Eschatology. 49. Exegesis is when a person interprets a text based solely on what it says. That is, he extracts out of the text what is there as opposed to reading into it what is not there. 50. When God is described as having human form (e.g., with feet, hands, mouth, etc.), we call this Anthropomorphism. 51. The view that the moral law is not binding upon Christians as a rule of life is know as Antinomianism. 5 52. The field of study that deals with the positive defense of the faith is known as Apologetics. 53. Falling away from the Christian faith is known as Apostasy. 54. The assertion that each bishop is a true successor of the apostles is known as the theory of Apostolic Succession. 55. The doctrine that extreme self-denial and austerity releases the soul from bondage to the body and permits union with the divine. Asceticism. 56. The doctrine that those who are elect may know without doubt is known as Assurance. 57. Atheism is the denial of the existence of God. 58. A theological error prevalent starting in the second century A.D. Generally speaking, it taught that salvation is achieved through special knowledge. Gnosticism. 59. Sacerdotalism is the teaching that ordination imparts special abilities/powers necessary for the operation of the ministry. Also, the teaching that grace is administered through the one so ordained. 60. What is the three-fold use of the law? a. Usus politicus or civilis Civil: to restrain sin and promote righteousness. b. Usus elenchticus or pedagogicus. Bring conviction of sin. c. Usus didacticus or normativus. A rule of life for believers. 61. What are the three divisions of the Law? a. Moral. b. Ceremonial. c. Civil. 62. What are the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church? a. The Eucharist. b. Confirmation. c. Reconciliation. d. Anointing of the Sick. e. Holy orders. f. Marriage. g. Baptism. 6 63. A sacrament is a sacred covenant rite or ritual immediately instituted by God in His Church. 64. What two sacraments did Christ institute for the New Testament phase of His Church? a. Baptism.
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