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• Original sin


  The concept that human beings are born in sin, inherit the guilt of original sin, and recapitulate the original sin in their actual sin
• Image of God


  The condition in which humans were created, such that we share and represent some quality or qualities of God
• Myths


  Stories that embody and convey spiritual, religious, and theological truths
• Asceticism


  The practice of the denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal
• John Calvin


  The 16th-century swiss reformer who was most noted for his emphasis on the grace of God through his interpretation of the sovereignty of God
• The most difficult task in developing a theology of human nature is to maintain a dialectic between an optimistic and a pessimistic view of human nature

  TRUE
• Faith


  The way we know God in which assent trust or loyalty is stressed
• The ultimate claim in Christian anthropology is that human beings are not unredeemable and unredeemed

  FALSE
• What Imago Dei means for human beings

  • All of the above
• Incurvatus se


  The Latin phrase meaning "curved in upon oneself" instead of bending toward God as the object of trust
• The original or foundation sin is pride, demonstrated by turning to ourselves instead of God as the ground and object of our confidence
• The Spanish mystics stressed the personal nature of faith and saw love as the basics of Christian faith, not obligation for duty
• The spiritual exercises "have as their purpose the conquest of self and the regulation of one's life in such way that no decision is made under the influence of any inordinate attachment"
• Obedience to the Pope


  The fourth vow that Jesuits take
• Indulgences


  What was purchased to shorten one's time in purgatory and speed the soul on toward heaven
• Christology


  The theological discipline that concerns itself with the person and work of Jesus who is Christ
• Docetism is the heresy that Jesus was not human but only appeared to have human flesh and blood, emotions, fallibilities, and the ability to die
• Historical Jesus


  The term to describe Jesus of Nazareth, the actual Jesus of past history, as he, as he existed prior to his resurrection, and the church's interpretation of him as the Christ
• The gospels are not interested in a biography of Jesus but in the claim that the Word is incarnate
• Resurrection


  The term used for God's raising of Jesus from the dead, as well as the future raising of all people before the final judgment
• Christos


  Anointed one
• Son of Man


  The title that Jesus used most often to describe himself, the eschatological figure in Daniel
• Kingdom


  Jesus' main message was "This is the time of fulfillment. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel"
• Tax collector


  The occupation of the disciple named Matthew
• The statement "He was a Jesuit" about Jesus is false
• Disciples


  The men whom Jesus called to follow him
• Raised


  In 1 Corinthians 15:14 the apostle Paul wrote, "If Christ has not been raised from the dead, then our proclamation has been in vain"
• The four gospels which give eyewitness testimony about Jesus Christ

  • Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
• Modern historiography assumes we should bring a critical attitude to every document we read because what is recorded in any document is not necessarily what happened
• One, two


  The fifth ecumenical council declared the document that Jesus Christ is one person in two natures, human and divine
• Kenosis


  The Greek word Paul used to describe Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God
• The incarnation is an interpretation of how Jesus's life, especially his death and resurrection, effects our reconciliation with God
• Christus victor


  The atonement theory in which Christ victor over the powers of sin, death, and the Devil
• Expiation


  The interpretation of the Old Testament sacrificial system and the cross in the New Testament in which the forgiveness of sin from the sight of God
• Grace


  The concept referring to divine power through the divine presence in contrast to human effort or power
• Soteriology


  The doctrine of salvation or the doctrine of reconciling the work of Christ. Specifically, it deals with the means of accomplishing salvation
• Substitution


  The theory of atonement that is especially widespread in Protestantism, according to which Jesus died on the cross as our substitute as the punishment for our sins
• Works righteousness teaches that we are saved by God as a reward for our good deeds, which makes us righteous in the sight of god
• Scapegoating


  The act of blaming a person or group for something that has happened or that someone else has done
• Ransom


  "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many"