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SOTERIOLOGY
PEOPLE
BIBLES
DOCTRINES OF GRACE (TULIP)
100
SOLA SCRIPTURA
What is Scripture alone?
The Bible alone is the infallible authority over the church, not the Pope or any church leader.
100
God forgiving all my sins and declaring me to be righteous
What is justification?
100
German monk and scholar who lived from 1483 to 1546. He nailed the 95 theses to the All Saints' Church door in Wittenberg on October 31st, 1517.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
Martin Luther completed a Bible translation in 1534 in this common language.
"Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, daß er seinen eingeborenen Sohn gab, auf daß alle, die an ihn glauben, nicht verloren werden, sondern das ewige Leben haben."
What is German?
100
God saves those whom He draws to Christ by a grace that is irresistible. When God calls, man responds (John 6:37, 44; 10:16).
What is Irresistible Grace?
200
SOLA FIDE
What is faith alone?
Salvation is a free gift to all who accept it by faith.
200
God making me holy in heart and behavior
What is sanctification?
200
Born in 1509 and died in 1564. French theologian, pastor, and reformer based in Geneva who advocated strongly for the doctrine of God's absolute sovereignty in salvation.
Who is John Calvin?
200
In 1516, Desiderius Erasmus published a new edition of the New Testament that sought to correct errors in the Latin Vulgate, the prominent Latin language Bible of the time. So it had Latin on one side and this other language on the left.
What is Greek?
200
Because man is dead in sin, he is unable (and stubbornly unwilling) to initiate a saving response to God. In light of this, God, from eternity past, unconditionally and mercifully elected a particular people unto salvation (Ephesians 1:4–6).
What is Unconditional Election?
300
SOLUS CHRISTUS
What is Christ alone?
Christ and no one else is our high priest and mediator between God and man.
300
The final stage of salvation where believers are transformed and perfected, receiving new bodies free of sin and misery.
What is glorification?
300
Lived from c. 1499 to 1552. The wife of Martin Luther, she helped to model Protestant clerical marriage (the idea that a pastor can be married) and managed his finances. Luther was unsure at first whether he should marry her, but he decided the marriage would "please his father, rile the pope, cause the angels to laugh, and the devils to weep."
Who is Katharina von Bora?
300
Famous English Bible translation first published in 1611 because the King of England wanted it to happen. The British prefer to call it the Authorized Version.
What is the King James Version?
300
The purpose of Christ’s atoning death was not to merely make men savable. Rather, the purpose of the atonement was to secure the redemption of a limited or particular people (Ephesians 1:4–6; John 17:9).
What is Limited Atonement (or Particular Atonement)?
Pastor Tom called this "definite atonement" last week. :)
400
SOLA GRATIA
What is grace alone?
Salvation comes from what God has done and not what we do.
400
In Roman Catholic doctrine, a state of being after death that is neither heaven nor hell where a person's sins must be purged before entering heaven.
What is purgatory?
400
Born c. 1393 – 1406. Died 1468. German craftsman who invented the moveable type printing press, leading to an information revolution that helped the Bible in the people's common languages to be spread everywhere.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
400
Having lived from c. 1494 to 1536, his translations were the first English Bible versions to utilize the printing press. He was executed for such heresy.
Who is William Tyndale?
400
The saints, the particular people God has elected and drawn to Himself through the Holy Spirit will persevere in faith. None of those whom God has elected will be lost; they are eternally secure in Him (John 10:27–29; Romans 8:29–30; Ephesians 1:3–14).
What is Perseverance of the Saints?
500
SOLI DEO GLORIA
What is to the glory of God alone?
The goal of this life is the glory of God, not pleasing church leaders, keeping a list of rules, or guarding our own interests.
500
In Roman Catholic doctrine, opportunities to view relics, do certain acts, or give money in order to earn time off purgatory for yourself or a dead person.
What are indulgences?
500
Lived from 1465 to 1519. A German friar who famously said "As soon as the gold in the casket rings, the rescued soul to heaven springs" to promote indulgences.
Who is Johann Tetzel?
500
1 and 2 Esdras. Tobit. Judith. Additions to Esther. The Wisdom of Solomon. Ecclesiasticus. 1 and 2 Maccabees. These and other books are in the Roman Catholic canon. But we Protestants call them this.
What are the Apocrypha?
(or deuterocanonical books)
500
As a result of Adam’s fall, the entire human race is affected; all of Adam’s descendants are spiritually dead in their trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1, 5). In other words, I am sinful in every part if my being.
What is Total Depravity?