Scripture
Matthew 25 charges that the follower of Christ is to serve these six people groups.
Who are the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, and those in prison?
By consulting all of these four points - "scripture, tradition, reason and experience" - a reader may avoid going "astray."
What is the Wesleyan Quadrilateral?
Before his departure from his disciples, Christ referred to this "advocate" who was to come.
Who is the Holy Spirit?
This is the process by which human beings are "made right" with God.
What is justification?
This person is not "resigned" to their fate, but makes a "leap."
Who is the Knight of Faith?
Scripture is called the Word of God. This is also the Greek title applied to Christ at the beginning of John's gospel.
What is the Logos?
Some Christian readers of the Bible hold that it is "infallible" in its purposes to save; others hold that the Bible is this, meaning "containing no errors."
What is inerrant?
At Pentecost, the believers found themselves with this "charismatic gift."
What is "speaking in tongues"?
This is the process whereby human beings are made holy.
What is sanctification?
Protestants have two of these "visible means of grace," Catholics have seven.
What are sacraments?
The author of a book of the Bible is inspired by God's Spirit; when a reader understands the text by the help of the Spirit, it is called this.
What is illumination?
These were gatherings of Pietists to read the Bible in their homes - illegal if the priest was not present.
What is a "conventicle"?
This is the belief that the dead will be physically raised as well as spiritually raised at the End.
What is the "resurrection of the body"? (or "general resurrection")
This means "by faith alone / by grace alone" (referring to salvation) (Latin).
What is sola fide / sola gratia?
God’s work in upholding creation, God’s ongoing work in and with creation, and God’s guidance of all things toward the purpose for which they were made, are all collectively called this.
What is Providence?
In order to be considered this, a book needed to be: written by an apostle, broadly used in worship in early churches, and/or texts in line with the “rule of faith.”
What is canon?
A classic Protestant sermon will have consulted this set of 3-4 texts assigned for a given Sunday.
What is the lectionary? (Or, what are the pericopes?)
The "fruits of the Spirit" include any one of these. (name at least 2)
What are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control? (Galatians 5)
This is more than a one-time historical mistake, but rather the opposite of the "original" state of righteousness.
What is Original Sin?
This was the 1934 document drafted by the Confessing Church against the Third Reich's influence in the church in Germany.
What is the Barmen Declaration?
These are the two main types of revelation, one through the sacred text and one through the "text" of nature.
What are special revelation and general revelation?
Augustana's "reasoned examination of faith" challenges students to attempt a two-fold reading of scripture and theology; this has been called _____.
What is a hermeneutic of suspicion and trust?
Inspired in part by Platonic philosophy, having contempt for the body and exalting the soul is a classical Christian heresy and also known as this.
What is hierarchical dualism?
While some Christian traditions emphasize that there is only one actor in salvation (God), others hold that humans have very small role. This view is called ____.
What is synergism? (contrasted with monergism)
This is the belief that a later revelation or religious tradition has completed or surpassed an earlier one.
What is supersessionism?