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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