Theology Quiz #1

• What is General Revelation?

  God's universal revelation to all persons at all times
• What is Special Revelation?

  God's particular communications and manifestations of Himself to certain people at certain times
• What are the 3 modes of GENERAL revelation?

  Creation, History, Human constitution
• What did Thomas Aquinas believe about General Revelation?

  He believed that a complete theology can be built off general revelation/reason.
• What did Karl Barth believe about General Revelation?

  He did not believe general revelation existed and man can only come to God through Jesus
• Can one be saved by General Revelation alone?

  No, General Revelation supplements Special Revelation
• Why is Special Revelation necessary?

  The fall created a broken relationship between God and His people that needs to be mended
• What is Special Revelation objective?

  To know God
• Why is the need for Special Revelation bigger after the entrance of sin into the world?

  Because God walked among mankind Pre-Fall and because sin effects our understanding of and ability to know God
• What does Anthropic mean?

  God lowers himself so that we can understand Him
• What does Analogical mean?

  God uses the human realm to help us understand the divine realm
• What are the 3 modes of SPECIAL Revelation?

  Historical events, Divine speech, the incarnation
• What are the internal workings of the Holy Spirit?

  Revelation, inspiration, illumination
• What is Inspiration?

  The supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit on the Scripture writers that rendered their writings an accurate record of God's Word
• True or False: there can be inspiration without revelation. True.
• True or False: there can be revelation without inspiration. True.
• What is the Illumination Theory?

  Normal abilities are heightened by the Holy Spirit
• What is the Intuition Theory?

  Authors had a high degree of insight
• What is the Dynamic Theory?

  The Spirit gives them the ideas and they write those ideas in their own words
• What is the Verbal Theory?

  The Spirit directs the author's thoughts and words
• What is the Dictation Theory?

  God dictated the words to the authors
• What is Absolute Inerrancy?

  The scientific and historical data of the bible is exactly accurate
• What is Full Inerrancy?

  The scientific and historical data of the bible is reported as it appears
• What is limited Inerrancy?

  The scientific and historical data of the bible can be wrong
• What is the theological importance of inerrancy?

  It is a corollary of the doctrine of full inspiration
• What is the historical importance of inerrancy?

  inerrancy is not a recent development and abandoning inerrancy has other implications
• What is the epistemological importance of inerrancy?

  The Bible is the basis of Christian theology
• True or False: the doctrine of inerrancy applies in a strict sense only to the original copies of Scripture. True.