Theology Quiz #10

• The Basic Views of Baptism

  1. A means of "saving grace"
  2. A sign and seal of the covenant
  3. A token of salvation (a symbol, it doesn't save you)
• (TRUE/FALSE) For Catholics, faith is necessary.

  False
• Baptismal regeneration

  Baptism gives saving grace to the person baptized (Catholics and Lutherans)
• (TRUE/FALSE) Lutherans believe that infants may have unconscious faith or the faith of their parents.

  True
• For Reformed theology and Presbyterians, what is the purpose of baptism?

  A seal of the covenant
• (TRUE/FALSE) For Presbyterians, baptism is absolute for adults, but not quite absolute for infants.

  True
• (TRUE/FALSE) In the covenant view of Baptism, it replaces circumcision.

  True
• What matters in the covenant view of baptism?

  Not your subjective reaction, but your objective initiation into the covenant.
• Different Sacrament Beliefs

  1. Roman Catholic: bread and wine are physical body of Christ
  2. Lutheran: bread and wine contain physical body
  3. Reformed: bread and wine contain "spiritually" the body
  4. Zwinglian: they represent the body
• There is a strong connection between baptism and our being united with Christ.
• Baptism is a symbol, which pictures the believer's death and resurrection with Christ.
• Who does Erickson believe should be baptized?

  Believers, not babies
• Erickson believes what mode of baptism is the best and most biblically accurate?

  Immersion
• Transubstantiation

  Elements are changed into Christ's flesh and blood (Catholic).
• Sacerdotalism

  An ordained priest must be present to consecrate the bread.
• Who takes the cup in Catholic mass?

  Clergy
• Consubstantiation

  Christ's body and blood are physically present in the elements.
• Lutheran view rejects what aspects of communion?

  Sacrifice and sacerdotalism
• What is the reformed view of communion?

  Christ gives spiritual nourishment, but his body is not there physically
• What is the Zwinglian view of communion?

  It is a commemoration and proclamation
• Christ's presence in communion is influential rather than metaphysical in nature.
• (TRUE/FALSE) Communion's benefits are automatic.

  False
• Eschatology


  Study of last things
• Eschatomania


  An intensive obsession with eschatology
• Eschatophobia


  A fear of eschatology
• Soul sleep


  The soul, between death and resurrection, is unconscious.
• Purgatory

  Spiritually imperfect beings go for temporary punishment
• Marxism


  Materialism will be spread evenly across a utopia
• Logotherapy


  Psychological schools that give you a purpose for living
• What is the purpose of eschatology?

  Comfort and assurance
• Eschatology doesn't pertain solely to the future
• Some of Jesus's predictions are not yet fulfilled.
• Do we play a part in bringing fulfillment to pass?

  Yes.
• Eschatology is not a test of orthodoxy.
• Death deals with individual eschatology. It is inevitable for every person.
• Physical death


  Cessation of life in our physical bodies. It was not part of God's original plan.
• Spiritual death


  An inability to respond to spiritual matters. Separation from God.
• Eternal death


  The second death or final state of people who are spiritually dead. Eternal separation from God.
• Erickson's view of physical death

  We were made with "contingent immortality." Physical death was not a part of the original plan, but it was always there as a threat.
• Where did physical and spiritual death come from?

  Human sin