The assent of the mind to a proposition or set of propositions.
What is belief?
100
“Right belief” or “doctrinal correctness”
What is the definition of orthodoxy?
100
People who claim to be Christian but teach “another gospel,” one that includes beliefs that matter is evil and denies the real incarnation and bodily resurrection of Jesus.
What are Gnostics?
100
Jesus Christ, the natural world/history, Scripture.
What is the 3 forms in which special revelation appears?
100
Means "Scripture alone"
What is sola Scriptura?
200
A relatively complex belief.
What is doctrine?
200
Scripture, tradition, reason, experience.
What is four sources and norms for orthodox beliefs?
200
A movement focused around prophecy, specifically the prophecies of the movement's founders which were believed to contain the Holy Spirit's revelation for the present age.
What is Montanism?
200
General universal revelation is greater than special divine revelation.
What is an alternative to Christian belief about divine revelation?
200
The Bible is the real authoritative word of God.
What is the Christian consensus about Scripture?
300
The process of examination and reflection that leads to the construction and reconstruction of doctrines.
What is theology?
300
The Rule of Faith, the writings of the apostles, and the Hebrew prophets.
What is the 3 main sources and norms early Christian leaders used for arguing against heresy?
300
Belief in "a God" based only on reason and nature
What is deism?
300
God is specially revealed in Jesus Christ, in Scripture, and in the proclamation and testimony of the faithful people of God.
What is the Christian consensus about divine revelation?
300
Two church fathers that affirmed the inspiration and authority of the Old and New Testament.
Who are Origen and Tertullian?
400
A wrong belief (one that seriously undermines some crucial dimension of the gospel itself and must be denied and rejected).
What is heresy?
400
The opposite/counterpart to orthodoxy.
What is heresy?
400
Tends to elevate "the best of modern thought and human experience" to the status of source and norm of Christian belief equal in weight with divine revelation in Scripture.
What is liberal theology?
400
The movement that emphasized revelation within the heart of every individual ("inner light").
What are the Quakers?
400
The power of Scripture never to fail in its purpose.
What is infallibility?
500
A required doctrine, which cannot be questioned without serious repercussions.
What is dogma?
500
A belief that is necessary for orthodox Christianity.
What is dogma?
500
Modern ________ manifests itself under the guise of “esoteric Christianity.”
What is Gnosticism?
500
A point of controversy in Christian tradition about divine revelation.