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The 'science and art' of biblical interpretation, providing the principles used to understand the text?
What is Hermeneutics?
speaking in defense of the faith
an official body of a church that gathers to make judgment.
What is a council?
Regula Fidei
What is "rule of faith?"
a short, formal statement of essential Christian belief.
What is a creed?
a summary statement of a group’s most important and strongly held beliefs.
What is a confession?
a general rule or law, settled by a church court; a standard.
What is a canon?
a summary of doctrines or principles in a question-and-answer format.
What is a catechism?
Asks: What happened in the history of the church (e.g. people, events, movements, institutions, controversies, councils, revivals, persecutions, and cultural settings of Christianity through time)?
What is church history?
Asks: What did Christians in history believe and teach, and how did those doctrines develop over time (e.g. the development, clarification, defense, and transmission of Christian doctrine across the centuries)?
What is historical theology?
the study of the origin and development of a true Christian understanding of the truths of the Bible.
What is historical theology?
The teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and have inherent value.
What is the imago dei?
This theological discipline focuses specifically on relating individual passages to the larger storyline of Creation, Fall, and Redemption?
What is Biblical Theology?
This refers to the principles that guide interpretation
What is hermeneutics?
This refers to the actual work of interpretation—putting those principles of hermeneutics into practice.
What is exegesis?
________, _________, application: the order in which one should study Scripture.
What are observation and interpretation?
When defending right beliefs and practices, one must be ______________ without compromise.
What is courageous?
Disconnecting what you say you believe from how you actually live is _____________.
Reading the entire Bible is a great way to develop a better _________ ________ of knowledge.
What is "broad base?"
applying your beliefs and values is _________ theology
What is practical?