EfM
A one-year overview of scriptures, history, and ethics
What is Wide Angle?
The four sources of writing within Torah--J(ahwist) E(lohist), D(euteronomist), and P(riestly)--were first categorized by this German scholar.
Who was Wellhausen?
The study of last things and the end times.
What is eschatology?
I set up a theocracy in Geneva.
Who is John Calvin?
The Gospel written last, it is not synoptic.
What is the Gospel of John?
The five Core Practices include prayer/worship, living in community, study of Christian tradition, vocational discernment, and this.
What is Theological Reflection (TR)?
I was swallowed by a big fish.
Who is Jonah?
Roman Catholic doctrine that states that the Virgin Mary was conceived without sin.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
Clause in the Nicene Creed that is not accepted by Orthodox churches.
What is the filioque clause? (proceeds from the Father and the Son).
The Beatitudes in this Gospel also contain "woes."
What is the Gospel of Luke?
EfM is a program of this School of Theology
What is the University of the South?
I traveled with my mother-in-law to Bethlehem, where I married Boaz.
Who is Ruth?
Study of how a church is organized.
What is ecclesiology?
This branch of Christianity observes the Jewish Sabbath as well as Sunday and requires circumcision.
What is the Ethiopian Orthodox Church?
The Magi appear in this Gospel.
What is the Gospel of Luke?
Theological Reflection can begin in any one of four sources: Personal Experience (Action), Personal Belief (Position), Christian Tradition, and this.
What is Culture?
The longest of these is 119, an acrostic poem.
What is a Psalm?
Study of salvation.
What is soteriology?
The Emperor Constantine's mother, also a Christian, is reported to have discovered the True Cross in Jerusalem.
Who is Helena?
A source of material that does not appear in Mark, but does appear in the other two Synoptics.
What is Q (Quelle)?
EfM seminar groups are facilitated by these.
What are mentors?
I threatened to split a child in half with a sword to settle a dispute.
Who is Solomon?
The study of worship practices and principles
What is liturgics?
The first country whose ruler declared the nation to be Christian.
What is Armenia?
The earliest Gospel, in which Jesus often does things "immediately."
What is the Gospel of Mark?