Definitions
The Bible
Old Testament Lecture
New Testament Lecture
Random (But still Educational)
100
Correct beliefs
What is Orthodoxy
100
“rule of faith” The 39 books of the OT and 27 books of the NT that the Church affirms as having authority
What is Canon
100
• Law • History • Poetry & Wisdom • Prophetic • Apocalyptic (struggle between good and evil, associated with the end of all things) • Gospels • Letters
Literary Genres of the Bible
100
Elisha and the she-bear. Deals with the issue at hand, probably not transferable
What is Corrective Texts
100
Need for public statements of faith which could be used in teaching, and in defense of the Christian faith against misrepresentations. The need for personal “confessions of faith” at the time of baptism.
What is why were the creeds created?
200
Wrong beliefs
What is Heresy
200
Books written in the period between the OT and NT which are excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons.
What is The Apocrypha
200
 They usually don’t directly teach a doctrine;  They usually illustrate a doctrine taught elsewhere;  They record what happened; not what should have happened or what ought to happen every time;  What people do in narratives isn’t necessarily a good example for us to follow;  Most characters from OT narratives are far from perfect;
What is Guidelines for reading Old Testament narratives?
200
“Jesus set His face toward Jerusalem…” Tells us what is happening in the passage
What is Descriptive Texts
200
Christ
What is Where is God fully revealed
300
the study of the Christian God
What is Christian Theology
300
God reveals Himself in creation God reveals Himself in human experience. God reveals Himself in the Bible.
What is in what ways does God reveal Himself?
300
• Apostolic origins or connections • Generally accepted within Christian communities throughout the world • Doctrinally sound and consistent • Letters that had wide public reading during early worship gatherings. • Most of these writings already had broad and general acceptance and were recognized as authoritative.
What is What criteria were used for selecting Scripture?
300
“Love the Lord your God…” Universal teachings for everyone
What is Normative Texts
300
Legend has it that each one of the Apostles wrote one of the phrases of this creed on the tenth day after Christ's ascension into heaven. Each of the doctrines found in the creed can be traced to Biblical texts. The earliest written version of the creed is perhaps in a document called the Interrogatory Creed of Hippolytus (ca. A.D. 215).
What is Origins of the Apostles’ Creed
400
Particular beliefs that are established by the Church as normative
What is Christian Doctrine
400
What we are to believe concerning God What response God requires of us.
What is what do the Scriptures principally teach?
400
Continuous: The story of scripture is a continuous story Christocentric: The Bible is one story with Christ at the center
What is how do we describe the “Story of Scripture
400
Interpreting scripture with the help of the Holy Spirit
What is Hermeneutics
400
Fides quarens intellectum
What is Faith seeking understanding
500
Public, authoritative statements of the basic points of the Christian faith.
What is Creeds
500
Holy Spirit “interacted” with human writers to write the Bible Holy Spirit “interacted” with the Church to discern the Bible Holy Spirit “interacts” with humans to read and interpret the Bible
What is Inspiration of Scripture
500
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Sources of Authority diagram- Draw it
500
- 1. Know your type of translation - 2. Read in context - 3. Understand particular in light of whole - 4. Understand obscure in light of clear - 5. Work in community
What is Principles of Interpretation
500
Credo ut intelligam
What is I believe in order that I might understand
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