key words

Augustine

OS

concupiscence

human will

predestination

stewardship

grace

sin

summum bonum

human nature

the essential sense of what all humans are like; shares characteristics

deliberate wrongdoing

the christian idea that humans must take care of God's creation - God's gift of the planet to us

for Augustine, this was given to humans at creation by God and was used to make choices

used to refer to the first sin of A&E that ice passed onto humans via reproduction

humanity's inclination to sin and to be influenced by lust, desires and selfishness

the idea that God chooses specific people tp bring them o salvation

God's complete generous love, given to us though we do not deserve it , seen primarily in his giving of his son Jesus Christ to save people from their human nature

the highest good

death and afterlife

election

limited election

universalism

double predestination

redemption

single predestination

beatific vision

unlimited election

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particular judgement

final judgement

the judgement of all people at the end of time

judgement of individuals at the moment of death

state of eter3nak happiness when we come face-tofave with God and exist eternally in his presence

having a debt paid off; debt of OS

idea that all people are saved - Hick

idea that God chooses where we go after death

view that only a a few christians will be saved

view that God chooses who goes to heaven\hell

those who God chooses to go to heaven

view that salvation is offered to everyone but only some will accept the offer and choose to be saved

knowldege of God's existence

revealed theolgy

revelation

conscience

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innate

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natural theology

idea that God can be known through reason and observation of the natural world

natural; something that is simply in us that we do not develop or acquire in some way

inner sense of right and wrong in a person

idea that God gives knowledge of himself directly to people

God's deliberate showing of aspects of himself to the world

Person of JC

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outcast

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liberator

someone who frees a person or group of people

person on the margins od society and not accepted by majoirty

Christian moral principles

propositional revelation

non-propositional revelation

infallible statement

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magisterium

authority thatchy Catholic Church had to teach, held by bishops, Pope leader

direct statement from the Pope that cannot be wrong

idea that God reveals himself in truth statements

idea that God does not reveal himself through truth statements, so the revelation might need interpretation

christian moral action

religionless christianity

rusty swords

civil disobedience

seminary

cheap grace

ecumenical

costly grace

work towards the unity of Christians or to better relationships between different denominations

college where priests are trained

decision to refuse to accept certain laws or practices of a govt usually in non-violent way

term used by Bonhoeffer to describe what he thought Christianity should become free from the trappings of the past and free from the mistaken idea that we need to full our search for meaning with new beliefs/ideologies

trappings, especially ethical, of the past that have no pace in modern christianity, B argued think if a sword that is rusty , and for this reason useless thus needs too be discarded

grace when it is solely understood as a free gift from God with no obligation on the christian

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