Churchy Words
Act of engaging in a personal relationship by devoted Christians with their God
What is Faith?
Action
What is intentional integration of doing + knowing
Mutual constitution or formation of a person, especially by other persons
What is Perichoresis
Theological heritage
What is the accumulated interpretation and wisdom of the church serving as a secondary source for theology
Theology
What is faithful knowing and seeking understanding
Self-conscious unique perichoretic agent
What is Person
Cognitive tools a society uses to understand their world serving as a tertiary source for theology
What are thought forms of culture
Creedal
What is categorization of an essential belief
Gospel
What is the good news of the coming of the kingdom of God in the birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ
Simplifications of reality for sake of understanding
What are models
Syncretism
What are theological beliefs formed from prioritizing the thought forms of the culture over the Bible.
Categorization of an important belief
What is Confessional
The written special revelation of God serving as the primary source for the faith
What is the Bible
The examination and categorization of beliefs
What is the critical task
Traditionalism
What are theological beliefs formed from prioritizing tradition over the bible.
Creedal beliefs, especially from early ecumenical councils
What is orthodoxy
Biblicism
What is theological beliefs formed from attempting to use only the Bible
Constructive task
What is the modeling and contextualizing of beliefs
Categorization of a spiritually neutral belief
what is Adiaphora
Heresy
What is any teaching rejecting Scripture and orthodox belief