What It Means
Name That Theory
Existence of God
The Scriptures
Trinity
100
It means "to believe or suppose in advance"
What is presupposition?
100
The theory that God dictated the words of Scripture to the human authors.
What is the Dictation Theory?
100
All arguments for the existence of God not rooted in Scripture will lead a person to this.
What is deism?
100
The Scriptures are without error because they are the result of this.
What is divine inspiration?
100
The most sacred name/personal name of God.
What is YHWH (Yahweh)?
200
"One God; Three Persons"
What is Trinity?
200
The theory that the bible is like any other book and that it becomes inspired when the Holy Spirit uses it.
What is the Encounter Theory?
200
The argument that says that "everything has a cause and there must be a "first cause."
What is the Cosmological (domino) Argument?
200
This copyist error is writing a word with the same pronunciation but a different meaning.
What is homophony?
200
The Father, Son, and Spirit are declared throughout the Scriptures to be _______________ God.
What is equally?
300
Means "to say beforehand."
What is prolegomena?
300
The theory that the Holy Spirit "sparked" religious insight in the human authors but they wrote whatever they wanted.
What is the Illumination Theory?
300
The argument that states that the design of creation insists that there must be a designer who created it.
What is the Teleological (watch) Argument?
300
This translation of the Scriptures is very accurate but can be difficult to read.
What is formal equivalence?
300
This error regarding the Trinity teaches that God is SUCCESSIVELY Father, Son, and Spirit.
What is modalism?
400
Means "a standard by which something is measured."
What is canon?
400
The theory that the Holy Spirit inspired the writers and the writings so that every word that is written are the words the Holy Spirit chose as well as the very words the human authors chose.
What is the Plenary/Verbal Theory?
400
The argument that states that man's moral component reveals God as the source.
What is the Anthropological (bicycle) argument?
400
This translation of the Scriptures is very easy to read but pays very little attention to the original language and thus isn't a very accurate translation.
What are paraphrased translations?
400
This error regarding the Trinity teaches that Jesus couldn't have truly been God, because God is One and God is in heaven.
What is Arianism?
500
"God's revelation of Himself to specific people at specific times and in specific places."
What is Special Revelation?
500
E=mc2
What is Einstein's theory of relativity?
500
The argument that states that God is the greatest of conceived beings and he wouldn't be the greatest if he weren't real.
What is the Ontological (cotton candy) Argument?
500
This is the translation of the Old and New Testaments into Latin.
What is the Vulgate?
500
This error regarding the Trinity teaches that the Trinity consists of three equal, independent, and autonomous beings.
What is tritheism?